bunk n [ = heavy timber or cross-beam on a sled].
   Attrib bunk chain: length of chain to secure a load of wood to the cross-beams of a sled.
   P 128-56 A good bunk chain is necessary to keep the wood from falling [off]. T 43/8-64 You throw a bunch o' wood on this bob-sled, and you chain it up with a bunk chain, and bind it up tight.
   bunk sled: sled with stout transverse timbers on which the logs rest between the runners.
   T 96/7-.641 That was a bunk sled. Wagon sleds, some called them.

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