jinny road

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English

Etymology

Compare gin (an engine), ginny-carriage.

Noun

jinny road (plural jinny roads)

  1. (mining) An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.[1]

References

  1. ^ Edward H Knight (1877) “Jinny road”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.