jenny railn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛnɪ ˌreɪl/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛni ˌreɪl/

Forms: 1800s–1900s ginny rail, 1800s– jenny rail. Also with capital initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jenny n., rail n.²

Etymology: < jenny n. (compare jenny n. II.) + rail n.², after jenny carriage n.With the form ginny rail perhaps compare gin n.¹

Chiefly in plural. One of the pair of iron rails along which a jenny carriage (jenny carriage n.) moves.

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1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Ginny rails, iron rails along which small wooden carriages (ginny carriages) are drawn, laden with coal, iron-stone [etc.].

1886 Engineering 16 Apr. 378/2 It consists of two main girders, which carry the jenny rails in front.

1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry (U.S. Bureau of Mines) Bull. 95 304/1 Ginny rails..Track rails for ginny carriages.

1973 B. S. Trinder Industr. Revol. in Shropshire viii. 124 A month later Jenny rails were being extended thence to the coke hearths.

2003 B. Trinder in Early Railways 2 15 Accounts of the late 1790s refer to the extension of jenny rails to coke hearths and clay pits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jenny rail
释义	jenny railn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛnɪ ˌreɪl/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛni ˌreɪl/ Forms: 1800s–1900s ginny rail, 1800s– jenny rail. Also with capital initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jenny n., rail n.² Etymology: < jenny n. (compare jenny n. II.) + rail n.², after jenny carriage n.With the form ginny rail perhaps compare gin n.¹ Chiefly in plural. One of the pair of iron rails along which a jenny carriage (jenny carriage n.) moves. ΚΠ 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Ginny rails, iron rails along which small wooden carriages (ginny carriages) are drawn, laden with coal, iron-stone [etc.]. 1886 Engineering 16 Apr. 378/2 It consists of two main girders, which carry the jenny rails in front. 1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry (U.S. Bureau of Mines) Bull. 95 304/1 Ginny rails..Track rails for ginny carriages. 1973 B. S. Trinder Industr. Revol. in Shropshire viii. 124 A month later Jenny rails were being extended thence to the coke hearths. 2003 B. Trinder in Early Railways 2 15 Accounts of the late 1790s refer to the extension of jenny rails to coke hearths and clay pits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841
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