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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Win·ning, n.
 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
    Ye seek land and sea for your winnings.   --Chaucer.
 3. Mining (a) A new opening.  (b) The portion of a coal field out for working.
 Winning headway Mining, an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working.
 Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 winning post
      n : the post at the end of a racecourse