- Winning post
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
