yarder
/ˈjɑrdər/
noun
- A machine used in logging to move logs from the forest to a landing area.
- Modern yarders can move timber over long distances quickly.
- The logging crew used a powerful yarder to haul the heavy logs downhill.
- The old yarder broke down, so the workers had to wait for repairs.
- A person who works in a lumber yard or logging yard.
- The yarder stacked the freshly cut planks in neat piles.
- My uncle worked as a yarder at the sawmill for twenty years.
- The yarder checked the inventory of lumber before the truck arrived.
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