ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rollway

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rollway is a noun meaning An inclined slope or chute prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill.

Meaning

An inclined slope or chute prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill.

More Meanings

  1. (rare) A series of cylindrical metal rolls placed between two rails and spaced apart, used to convey materials along a production line.

Example Sentences

Ingots that fully pass inspection are moved along the rollway to a point opposite to which they are to be piled, and then piled by means of a small magnet on an air hoist carried by a movable wall jib crane.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include roll, roller, rollerman, rerollable, logway, rolag.

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