logroll

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from logrolling. === Verb === logroll (third-person singular simple present logrolls, present participle logrolling, simple past and past participle logrolled) (intransitive) To exchange political favours. (transitive) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl. To move like rolling logs. (transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface. ==== Derived terms ==== logroller === Noun === logroll (plural logrolls) (emergency medicine) A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher. ==== Derived terms ====