hot deck n Nth Cf cold deck n 3, deck n 1b, hot-log v, hot yard n
In logging: logs stacked for immediate removal rather than long-term storage; a transfer point for logs; hence n hot-decking removing logs directly (rather than storing them for later removal).
1934 Fortune Apr 158/3 Pacific NW, A pile of logs within the landing, which does not have to wait long but is kept moving, is called a hot deck. 1956 Sorden–Ebert Logger’s Words 19 Gt Lakes, Hot-deck, Logs which are to be hauled immediately to the mill, not stored in a pile. 1957 Humboldt Std. (Eureka CA) [8 Apr 7]/1, [Advt:] Le Tourneau Electric Log Stacker. . . Here Is The Result of 47 Minutes’ Work— . . Fed to mill from hot deck and cold deck—6,244 board feet[—]Sorting hot deck to cold deck & cold deck to hot deck 11,714 bord [sic] feet. 1958 McCulloch Woods Words 90 Pacific NW, Hot deck—A landing at a swing tree from which logs are swung to the head tree as fast as they are yarded, don’t get a chance to cool off. Not as widely used as cold deck. 1961 Brattleboro Daily Reformer & VT Phoenix 14 July 8/1, [Caption:] A log debarker has been installed at Donnis and Howe Lumber Co.’s sawmill at South Londonderry. Logs roll from the “debarker” to the “hot” deck at the saw. 1984 MJLF 10.151 cWI (as of 1880s), Hot deck. A temporary pile of logs. Maine: Hot yard. 1985 Shoshone Co. News–Press (Kellogg ID) 8 May 12/5, [Advt:] The following mitigating measures will be implemented with the proposed action: . . 6. Use hot decking on all River Road landings. 1987 Herald (Everett WA) 18 Jan sec D 1/4, When complete, that base will eliminate 95 percent of the harbor’s “hot deck”—the water surface area from which most of the 334 million board feet . . of logs were loaded aboard 116 ships last year.