Lengthman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɛŋθmn̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lengthman is a noun meaning (nautical, rail transport, road transport, chiefly historical) A man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of canal, railway, or road.
Meaning
(nautical, rail transport, road transport, chiefly historical) A man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of canal, railway, or road.
Example Sentences
Plans have already been prepared for signalboxes, lengthmen's huts, and first aid rooms. […] Lengthmen's huts are to be built in brick.
I started working on the canal when I was only 14. I was a lengths man on the Shrewsbury, the canal. It was my job to cut hedges and to keep the toe path^([sic – meaning towpath]) clear.
A derailment which occurred on April 18 last between Laindon and Pitsea on the London Tilbury & Southend Line was caused by a lengthman who in a moment of aberration clipped a set of spring catch points in the derailing position, concludes Col. J. R. H. Robertson in his report […]
Word Forms
- lengthmen
- length man
- lengths man
- lengthsman
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lengthsman, loadsman, logman, lineman, locoman, lighterman.
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