Ganger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡæŋə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ganger is a noun meaning A horse that goes quickly.
Meaning
A horse that goes quickly.
More Meanings
- (business, rail transport) One who oversees a gang of workmen.
- (coal mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
- (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.
- (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
Example Sentences
'My dad was a railway ganger.'
Primary responsibility must rest with a ganger. He failed to appreciate the danger of disturbing the track, short of ballast, on a very hot day.
The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.
Word Forms
- gangers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include footgoer, streetgoer, foot-goer, pedestrian, saunterer, kirkgoer.
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