Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yard_donkey
1 sense of yard donkey
Sense 1
yarder, yard donkey -- (a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road)
=> winch, windlass -- (lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds)