go-devil

noun

go-dev·​il ˈgō-ˌde-vəl 

: any of various devices: such as

a

: a cultivator with wooden runners

b

: a weight formerly dropped in a bored hole (as of an oil well) to set off an explosive

c

: a cleaning scraper propelled through a pipeline

d

: a handcar or small gasoline car used on a railroad

e

: a child's sled

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above