474 TIMBER BONDS 



Dominant. Having the crown free to light on all sides 

 because of greater height. 



Donkey. A portable steam engine equipped with drum 

 and cable, used in steam logging. See road donkey, 

 yarding donkey, bull donkey, spool donkey. 



Donkey Sled. The heavy sledlike frame upon which a 

 donkey engine is fastened. 



Dote. The general term used by lumbermen to denote 

 decay or rot in timber. 



Doty. Decayed. 



Double Couplers. Two coupling grabs joined by a short 

 cable used for fastening logs together. 



Double Header. A place from which it is possible to 

 haul a full load of logs to the landing, and where 

 partial loads are topped out or finished to the full 

 hauling capacity of teams. 



DoAvn Hill Clevis. A brake on a logging sled, consisting 

 of a clevis encircling the runner, to the bottom of 

 which a heavy square piece of iron is welded. 



Drag Cart. See bummer. 



Drag In. See dray in. 



Drag Road. See dray road; gutter road. 



Dray Sled. See dray. 



Draw Hook. See gooseneck. 



Draw Skid. See brow skid. 



Dray. A single sled used in dragging logs. One end 

 of the log rests upon the sled. 



Dray In. To drag logs from the place where they are 

 cut directly to the skidway or landing. 



Dray Road. A narrow road, cut wide enough to allow 

 the passage of a team and dray. 



Drive. 1. To float logs or timbers from the forest 

 to the mill or shipping point. 2. A body of logs or 

 timbers in process of being floated from the forest 

 to the mill or shipping point. 3. That part of log- 

 ging which consists in floating logs or timbers. 



Drum Logs. To haul logs by drum and cable out of a 

 hollow or cove. 



Dry-Ki. Trees killed by flooding. 



Dry Pick. As applied to a jam, to remove logs singly 

 while the water is cut off. 



Dry Roll. In sacking the rear, to roll stranded logs into 

 the bed of the stream from which the water has 

 been cut off preparatory to flooding. 



Dry Rot. Decay in timber without apparent moisture. 



Dry SUde. See slide. 



Dry Sloop. To sloop lo^s on bare ground when the slope 



