Term: Frog (logging)
Definition:
1. The junction of two branches of a flume. 2. A timber placed at the mouth of a slide to direct the logs. 3. The junction of railroad tracks in railroad logging. Same as throw-out. 4. A French lumberjack. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
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[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956).]
