"rollway" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "roll + way",
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    {
      "form": "rollways",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "An inclined slope or chute prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill."
      ],
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          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
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          "chute",
          "chute"
        ],
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
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          "log",
          "log"
        ],
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          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
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          "mill",
          "mill"
        ]
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, “Equipment for Expediting Shell-Forging”, in The Iron Age, 100 (4): 187",
          "text": "Ingots that fully pass inspection are moved along the rollway to a point opposite to which they are to be piled, and then piled by means of a small magnet on an air hoist carried by a movable wall jib crane.",
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        "A series of cylindrical metal rolls placed between two rails and spaced apart, used to convey materials along a production line."
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        "(rare) A series of cylindrical metal rolls placed between two rails and spaced apart, used to convey materials along a production line."
      ],
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        "rare"
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  "word": "rollway"
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  "etymology_text": "roll + way",
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        "An inclined slope or chute prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill."
      ],
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        ],
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          "slope",
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        ],
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          "roll",
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          "log"
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          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
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          "mill"
        ]
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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  "word": "rollway"
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