cold-deck v

cold-deck v [ cold deck n]

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2  In logging: to stack (logs) for storage; to build a cold deck n 3; hence vbl n cold-decking, ppl adj cold-decked, n cold decker, a machine used to stack logs. Pacific NW Cf deck v, hot deck n, decker v

1924 Port Angeles Eve. News (WA) 15 Aug [3]/2, The donkeys reported totally wrecked can be reclaimed and a great portion of the cold decked logs were saved. 1946 Mendocino Beacon (CA) 16 Nov [6]/3, The mill is not completed but the owner . . has been cold-decking his logs. 1955 Eugene Register–Guard (OR) 10 Feb sec A 8/7, When I finally removed the timber in my way, I . . cold decked it along a good graveled road where it is easily accessable [sic] to logging trucks at any time of the year. 1958 McCulloch Woods Words 36 Pacific NW, Cold deck. . . To stack up logs in a pile. Cold decker—A gas driven donkey with small drum capacity used mostly to build cold decks. 1980 Daily News (Port Angeles WA) 13 Aug sec A 13/4, The cold decking of logs combined with the extremely dry weather worries Gockerell. 1991 Peninsula Clarion (Kenai AK) 21 Mar 18/2, [Advt:] Final removal of cold decked timber from both storage areas shall be on or before December 30, 1991.