'Winning headway' definitions:

Definition of 'Winning headway'

From: GCIDE
  • Winning \Win"ning\, n.
  • 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
  • Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. [1913 Webster]
  • Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working.
  • Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. [1913 Webster]