单词 | red leader |
释义 | red leadern. Now historical. A person employed to paint the iron parts of a ship with red lead. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > in specific trade or type of work clincher1495 ship-carpenter1495 clinger1538 clencher1559 clinker1656 converter1811 square-maker1850 ship smith1858 red leader1882 chippy chap1903 stager1927 1882 Standard 13 Oct. 2/3 A non-union man was employed as red leader. 1937 Times 7 July 18/3 The conference agreed to refer to the localities concerned a scheme for a guaranteed day on behalf of red-leaders at a ship-repairing establishment on the North-East Coast. 2007 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 9 Nov. 19 Suddenly the gangway snapped..and scores of men, painters, riveters, red leaders, welders and joiners plunged to the ground or into the icy waters of the dock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882 |
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