What is a Ginwright?

Question

I have been doing some research on my husbands family and he has an uncle that was a "ginwright by trade". Anyone know what that is?

Answer 1

GIN WRIGHT - Builds cotton gins

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txgrim...

Answer 2

It means his uncle was a cotton gin manufacturer. The site below says:

"The constant aim of every gin manufacturer (never completely realized) was to make a saw gin that would not damage the cotton fiber. Roller gins were impractical for short staple cotton. "

Answer 3

A gin can be a machine.  Think of cotton gin.

Good chance that he made machinery, not booze.