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and loaded on cars. A lightning landing is one having such an inchne that 
the logs ma.y roll upon the cars without assistance. (Gen.) 
3. A cribwork of logs, constituting a platform alongside the railroad 
track, upon which logs are hauled by a donkey, ready for loading upon 
cars or trucks. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: roUway. 
Landing crew. A crew that constructs landings. (P. C. F.) 
Landing man. One who unloads logging sleds at the landing. (N. F.) 
Landing, to break a. To roll a pile of logs from a landing or bank into the 
water. (Gen.) 
Land looker. See Cruiser. 
Lap, n. Tops left in the woods in logging. (Gen.) 
Syn. : lapwood. 
Lapwood, n. See Lap. 
Lash pole. A cross pole which holds logs together in a raft. (Gen.) 
Lazy haul, to. See Jigger. 
Lead, n. A block or roller attached to a stationary object which guides the 
pull of a cable. (P. C. F.) 
Lead block. See Bull block. 
Lead chains. See Cross chains. 
Leaders, n. In an ox or horse team, the forward pair. (Gen.) 
Lead log. See Brow skid; Head log. 
Lead strap. A wire rope, with an eye at each end, used to anchor the block 
in setting a lead. (P. C. F.) 
L-hook, n. An L-shaped hook with a long cable, chain, or rope attached. 
The hook is fastened to the rear of a turn of logs in the trailing portion of a 
slide and the draft animals to the cable. When the turn starts to run on 
a steep portion of the slide the hook is automatically released and pre- 
vents the logs from dragging the draft animals. (App.) 
Lift gate. In a logging dam sluiceway, a gate which may be moved up or 
down in vertical slides or grooves, fastened to the sides of the sluiceway. 
(Gen.) 
Lightning landing. See Landing, 2. 
Lightwood, n. Pine wood which is heavily impregnated with a resinous 
substance. (S. F.) 
Syn.: fatwood. 
Limb, V. To remove the limbs from a felled tree. 
Syn.: knot. (P. C. F.) 
Limber, n. One who cuts the limbs from felled trees. (Gen.") 
Syn.: knot bumper (App.) knotter. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
Limber boom. A flexible boom, the sticks of which are usually joined to each 
other by means of short chains or short pieces of manila rope or wire cable. 
Lineman, n. One in charge of hauling logs in a chute. (S. F.) 
Line horse. 1. The horse which drags the cable from the yarding engine or 
skidder to the log to which the cable is to be attached. (S. F.) 
2. A horse used to aid the rigging crew in changing lines. Formerly, the 
animal used to haul out the cable from the yarding engine to the log. 
(P. C. F.) 
