A female donkey. AKA a jenny or a jenny ass.

Also, it is still used to mean a small Spanish horse, as Webster says.

Jen"net (?), n. [F. genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted soldier, Ar. zenata a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its cavalry.]

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

 

© Webster 1913.

Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors.