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Definition of Janker
1. n. A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
Definition of Janker
1. Noun. (Scotland) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Janker
1. a long pole on wheels for transporting logs [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Janker
Literary usage of Janker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in by Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Charles Tennant Couper (1883)
"Because there was opportunity for the janker cart to get out of the way of the
... Whether, as the said janker did not stop, and as the said tramway car was ..."
2. The Practice of Forestry by Christopher Young Michie (1888)
"He says :— " Having a number of trees to transplant in spring (1873), and there
being nothing more suitable for the purpose than a common janker used for ..."
3. The Planter's Guide: Or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving by Sir Henry Steuart (1832)
"I am not certain, if" janker" be a term known to the English wood- merchant.
In Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other great towns in this kingdom, a pole or beam, ..."
4. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"One objection to the janker is in its construction : the wheels should be much
... Neither in loading nor in the act of transport can the janker be much ..."
5. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1883)
"The janker most commonly used here, is the ordinary two wheeled one, and for an
estate ... One way of raising the Tree or Log with this kind of janker is by ..."
6. Unholy Alliance: Priests, Rabbis and Conspirators Within the Temple of Doom by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"Esquire magazine featured a lengthy article on the work of the janker Clinic in
Bonn, Germany, finding that this clinic has treated 76000 cancer cases since ..."
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