Main Entry:

¹log

Pronunciation:

\ˈlȯg, ˈläg\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English logge

Date:

14th century

1: a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree ; especially : a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long2: an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel3 a: the record of the rate of a ship's speed or of her daily progress ; also : the full nautical record of a ship's voyage b: the full record of a flight by an aircraft4: a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities