单词 | chain-carrier |
释义 | > as lemmaschain-carrier chain-carrier n. = chain-man n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > the bearer of a measuring chain chain-carrier1702 chain-man1714 chain-bearer1736 chainer1849 1702–3 J. Logan Let. to Penn 3 Jan. in Corr. (1870) I. 174 Neither surveyors nor chain-carriers will go thither. 1798 U.S. Statutes I. 543 For compensation to the assistant surveyors, chain carriers, axe men and other persons. 1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. XI. 220 This afternoon hunts up Chain Carriers and an Axman or marksman. 1838 Southern Literary Messenger 4 307 The surveyor and two of his chain-carriers were killed. < as lemmas |
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