'Gin block' definitions:

Definition of 'Gin block'

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  • Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. [1913 Webster]
  • Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
  • Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
  • Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  • Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  • Gin wheel. (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim. [1913 Webster]