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Definition of Donkey engine
1. Noun. A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard.
Generic synonyms: Engine, Locomotive, Locomotive Engine, Railway Locomotive
2. Noun. (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Donkey Engine
Literary usage of Donkey engine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers by William John Macquorn Rankine (1906)
"... they are driven either by hand, or by a small auxiliary engine called a "Donkey."
For all marine boilers of considerable size, a donkey-engine ..."
2. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1873)
"The ship was furnished with a donkey engine of eight-horse power. It was adapted
for loading and discharging cargo, for hoisting sails and taking them in, ..."
3. Handbook of Clearing and Grubbing Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1917)
"5 acres, high land (Stumps only; other tracts from $100 to $150 per acre) 7 acres,
low land donkey engine (Heavy clearing) 12 acres, low land 23 acres, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"Stone rented and installed a donkey-engine. While the record does not disclose
the exact date it may be inferred that the donkey-engine was ready for ..."
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