logroll

Meanings

1. To exchange political favours.
2. To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
4. To move like rolling logs.
5. To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.

1. A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.

Etymology

Back-formation from logrolling.