| 单词 | lengthman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslengthman lengthman n. a man appointed to maintain a certain stretch of road or railway; (the form lengthsman in quot. 1902 is an isolated use). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers gangman1830 platelayer1836 wayman1840 surfaceman1845 lineman1858 track-layera1861 track-man1881 linesman1883 track-walker1890 lengthman1902 underman1921 gandy dancer1923 snake1929 fluffer1956 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads waymaker?c1475 roadman1788 road-maker1792 path master1799 roadsman?1807 Macadamite1821 macadamizer1824 road breaker1834 grader1870 asphalter1880 linesman1888 lengthman1902 highway patrol1909 1902 Times 22 Sept. 2/5 Every lengthsman or fettler on the Government railway gets 8s. a day for eight hours' work. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §577 Lengthman,..an underman in a gang engaged on maintenance of a specific section..of permanent way. 1959 New Scientist 16 Apr. 852/1 The mixed plant community was largely maintained by..the regular cutting with scythe and sickle by..the County Council ‘lengthmen’. 1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 3 June 18/1 Our legislators should modernise transport for railway lengthmen. 1970 East Anglian Daily Times 31 Aug. 4/5 In days of cheaper labour many county council roadmen known as ‘lengthmen’ were each responsible for the maintenance of a limited number of miles of road in which they took great pride and knew all the peculiarities. 1971 Times 8 Apr. 15/3 An old man who lived at Spelbrook... His home was..the lengthman's cottage. 1972 L. Lamb Pict. Frame xviii. 157 A road (or ‘length’) man, with broom and shovel strapped to his bicycle cross-bar. < as lemmas |
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