English Explanatory Dictionary

jinny road

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

jinny road jinny roads

Etymology

Compare gin (“an engine”), ginny-carriage.

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