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单词 banksman
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banksmann.

Brit. /ˈbaŋksmən/, U.S. /ˈbæŋksmən/
Inflections: Plural banksmen.
Forms:

α. late Middle English– bankman, 1500s banckman, 1600s bankeman.

β. 1600s bankesman, 1600s– banksman.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bank n.1, man n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < bank n.1 + man n.1 In β. forms < the genitive of bank n.1 + man n.1
1. Mining. A person who works at the mouth of a pit (cf. bank n.1 12), supervising the loading of coal and the lowering and raising of the cage.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor
banksman1486
overman1606
oversman1668
viewer1708
keeker1863
underlooker1871
underviewer?1881
veerer1883
α.
1486 Indenture 15 May in Norton Family Deeds (Leeds: MS YAS/DD53/III/256) [The lessees may use] the said pytte of colez the said time of v yerez bot onle wt iii pykkes, on barrowman And on bankman.
1598 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 335 Who haith served me as a banckman, at those pittes.
1604 in J. Raine Gloss. Northumbrian Dial. (BL Egerton 2868) f. 21 James Carre, then bankeman of the said cole pitts.
1693 J. Gale Let. 19 May in D. R. Hainsworth Corr. J. Lowther (1983) 25 Their bankemen doe complaine to me.
1788 Town & Country Mag. May 241/1 A machine..in the course of ten hours working will draw 250 tons of coal..without the least assistance from the bankman.
1793 H. G. Macnab Lett. W. Pitt Taxes on Coal i. 17 A statement on the number of persons employed in the coal trade upon the River Wear... Above ground—Bankman fifty, and carriers fifty.
1846 Daily News 19 Nov. 3/5 I have been the bankman at it [sc. the pit] eight years.
1883 G. A. Henty Facing Death xxiv. 235 The bankman lay insensible at a distance of some yards from the pit, where he had been thrown by the force of the explosion.
1923 Times 25 Sept. 7/3 Tom Henry Braddock, 49, colliery bankman.
1992 D. R. Hainsworth Stewards, Lords & People 17 A bankman was a type of undermanager responsible for the surface operations of the pit.
β. 1633 W. B. Trigg Halifax Coalfield iii, in Trans. Halifax Antiquarian Soc. (1930–2) 31 79 All Banksmen for the several places or pits shall be chosen by consent of both parties.1671 L. Sunderland in J. Parker Illustr. Rambles from Hipperholme to Tong (1904) p. xxxvi The coal mines on Featherstone Moore, if discreetly managed, with a true banksman, bottomman, and four rolls upon the coal wall, [etc.].1696 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 14th Rep.: App. Pt. IV: MSS Ld. Kenyon (1894) 411 in Parl. Papers (C. 7571) XLIX. 1 The Grandfather..was a collier-banksman at a colepit belonging to Mr. Bold.1743 London Gaz. John Salmon, late of Dalesgreen, in the parish of Woolstanton,..Banksman.c1770 D. Bremner Industries (1869) 21 Exactly a century ago the wages paid to the men, all serfs, who worked at Newbattle Colliery, were as follows:- Grieve, 7s. a-week; oversman, 10s; banksman, 6s 7d.1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 346 The Banksman or Striker, by means of a bank-hook, draws the Corve from over the Pit and lands it.1862 Chambers's Jrnl. 215 Repulsed by the banksman of the nearest pit.1912 Scotsman 5 Apr. 5/2 There was..no settlement of the banksmen's or topmen's question.1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill viii. 252 He pushed the durk wagon down to Toft Rigg Whim Shaft..and there, in readiness for hoisting by the banksman, tipped the bouse into a kibble.2010 C. Mills Regulating Health & Safety in Brit. Mining Industries, 1800–1914 i. 18 The only system of communication between the onsetter and banksman was to shout up or down the shaft.
2. British. A worker at a building site who guides or directs the use and movement of cranes, vehicles, etc., to ensure that it is conducted safely.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > construction worker > type of
hodman1829
banksman1956
1956 T. Barron Erection of Constructional Steelwork 12 Wheras at one time he [sc. the crane driver] was placed behind the gearing and had to sight through it to see the load or his banksman, he is now positioned at the side of the cab..to give him an unrestricted view of the hook in all its positions.
1975 D. E. Dickie Crane Handbk. (1981) viii. 304 There must be a signaller or banksman whose primary duty and responsibility is to warn the operator whenever the jib, the load or the hoist ropes get near to the limit of approach.
1996 Constr. News (Nexis) 11 Jan. Relying on a banksman, he says, just means another potential accident victim and adds to site costs.
2009 D. Cartlidge Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Bk. vii. 272 When using mechanical plant for excavation a banksman is required who is paid the labourer rate plus a small addition for extra responsibility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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