n. [ Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See Gannet, Goose. ] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
def>A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]