WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
roll•way
(rōl′wā′),USA pronunciation n.
- a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
- Building[Lumbering.]
- an incline for rolling or sliding logs into a stream to begin them on their journey from lumber camp to mill.
- a pile of logs in or at the side of a river or stream ready to go to the mill.
- roll + way1 1850–55, American.