skid road n 1: the district of a town frequented by loggers 2: a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
Skid road \Skid road\ (Logging) (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also {travois road} or {travoy road}. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]