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Sloop

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1891, OED Evaluation: Canada

A simple form of drag used in lumbering.

ExampleMeaning
Well they gathered with horses and a sloop with a tank on it.
A simple form of drag used in lumbering.
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Speaker: You ah, you drew them with a horse and sleigh, and a sloop sleigh, and ah, you put eight or nine logs on that sleigh. <11> What is a sloop sleigh? I don't know what that means. Speaker: Well, it's a sleigh with- that had a bunked front and back and a little sleigh in the back with a- with a tongue that went up onto the front sleigh and then the horses went on to that and ah, it allowed the- it allowed the whole thing to rock and roll because you were coming out of a bush road, you-know, it wasn't smooth or anything, so it had to- it had to adjust like this or it just broke.
A simple form of drag used in lumbering.