janker Sc.
(ˈdʒæŋkə(r))
[Derivation unknown: it appears to be an agent-n. Cf. jinker n.]
A long pole on wheels, used for carrying logs, also casks or other heavy weights.
| 1823 Edin. Even. Courant 26 July (Jam.), A janker..was passing along with a log of wood. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's G. 492 In Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other great towns in this kingdom, a Pole or beam, from fifteen to thirty feet long, of great strength, and fortified with iron, when mounted on a Crossbar with a pair of high Wheels at each end, is called ‘a Janker’; and the immense logs of wood, which are transported by means of it..are swung under the axle and..pole. 1891 Scot. Leader 21 Jan. 5 A man..attempted to jump on to a janker, used for carrying logs, but fell to the ground. |