Jinny road

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:35:42

Jin"ny road` (?). [Cf. Gin an engine, Ginnycarriage.] Mining

An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.

Knight.

 

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