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stoneboat

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stoneboat [′stōn¦bōt]
(mining engineering)
A flat runnerless sled for transporting heavy material.


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In winter, they stood patiently, blowing hot moist clouds of vapor through their softly twitching nostrils, waiting for children to come out of the house, bundled from head to toe against the freezing air, to climb onto the stoneboat with our dad for the daily half-mile trip to the highway, then onward by car to Churchs Ferry, our home town, to school.
And then, you might move the rock onto a stoneboat (a sled-like device that reduces friction by distributing weight over a greater area) that will make it much easier to move off the field.
 
 
 
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