ginned Definition

gin²
noun

1. A wire noose laid as a snare or trap for catching game.

Form: gin trap (also)
2. A cotton gin.
3. The building in which a cotton gin is housed.
4. A hoisting machine, especially one equipped with a windlass, pulleys and ropes.

verb ginned, ginning

1. To snare or trap (game) in a gin.
2. To remove (the seeds) from raw cotton using a cotton gin.

Etymology: 13c: from French engin engine or ingenuity.