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Definition of Ginnels
1. ginnel [n] - See also: ginnel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ginnels
Literary usage of Ginnels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1882)
"Prom the main body of the Askam deposit numerous "ginnels" protrude like fingers
from the hand, and the direction of these ..."
2. The Iron Ores of Great Britain and Ireland: Their Mode of Occurrence, Age by J. D. Kendall (1893)
"From the main body of the deposit numerous " ginnels " protruded like ... and the
direction of these " ginnels'' always corresponded with that of one or ..."
3. The Mining Engineer (1899)
"In dealing with veins or ginnels a different system of timbering is necessarily
... In Lancashire, the ore in these ginnels is generally cut off by a hard ..."
4. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1876)
"10). There are a great number of deposits of this description in Furness. They are
generally known as " ginnels," when not more than 6 or 7 feet wide. ..."
5. Letters to the Young on Progress in Pudsey During the Last Sixty Years by Joseph Lawson (1887)
"... approached by crooked folds, or courts, and narrow passages called ginnels,
etc., though a stranger had less difficulty in finding a person than might ..."
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