How to pronounce “donkey engine”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (chiefly historical) A steam-powered winch, once widely used in logging operations, also found in the mining and maritime industries.
• (chiefly historical) Any of a class of machines that used donkeys as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave.

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