surfacemann.

Brit.

/ˈsəːfᵻsmən/, U.S.

/ˈsərfəsmən/

Inflections: Plural surfacemen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: surface n., man n.¹

Etymology: < surface n. + man n.¹

1. Mining. A miner or other mineworker employed in work at the surface, as opposed to underground; cf. surface n. Compounds 2a(c).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > outside or in open air

outman1793

outworker1813

surfaceman1839

outside man1861

1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 602 (table) Tutwork-men..Tributers..Surface-men..Boys underground.

1892 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 12 Mar. 8/2 All its members must stop work today, except a few surface men, water-pumpers and ventilator attendants.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill Prol. i. 5 Down they came, a company of several hundred spread over half a mile of narrow road, miners, smelters, ore washers and other surface men.

1986 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Nov. [The pay deal] would amount to 2 per cent for underground workers and 3 per cent for surfacemen.

2010 L. Lankton Hollowed Ground xix. 239 Contract miners left, and trammer bosses and surface men drawing good salaries left.

2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A worker responsible for keeping the rails and permanent way of a railway in good repair; = platelayer n.

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 railways

surfaceman1845

snake1929

snake charmer1937

1845 Glasgow Herald 3 Jan. He turned out to be a surfaceman, named Robert Barnes employed on the Railway.

1878 (title) Songs of the Rail. By Alexander Anderson, Railway Surfaceman,..Dumfriesshire.

1928 C. J. Allen Steel Highway i. x. 125 How often, when travelling by train, have you been aware that every yard of the track over which you travel so smoothly has been scrutinised that very day by the surfacemen?

1933 Times 27 Oct. 9/7 The wife of a Kingskettle (Fife) shoemaker was arrested yesterday on a charge of murdering her two daughters..who were found in the river Eden by a railway surfaceman.

2001 P. J. G. Ransom Snow, Flood & Tempest vii. 108 The midnight train from Perth actually left Kingussie, but surfacemen—that is to say platelayers—were on watch and by good fortune were able to signal it to stop.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	surfaceman
释义	surfacemann. Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻsmən/, U.S. /ˈsərfəsmən/ Inflections: Plural surfacemen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: surface n., man n.¹ Etymology: < surface n. + man n.¹ 1. Mining. A miner or other mineworker employed in work at the surface, as opposed to underground; cf. surface n. Compounds 2a(c). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > outside or in open air outman1793 outworker1813 surfaceman1839 outside man1861 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 602 (table) Tutwork-men..Tributers..Surface-men..Boys underground. 1892 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 12 Mar. 8/2 All its members must stop work today, except a few surface men, water-pumpers and ventilator attendants. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill Prol. i. 5 Down they came, a company of several hundred spread over half a mile of narrow road, miners, smelters, ore washers and other surface men. 1986 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Nov. [The pay deal] would amount to 2 per cent for underground workers and 3 per cent for surfacemen. 2010 L. Lankton Hollowed Ground xix. 239 Contract miners left, and trammer bosses and surface men drawing good salaries left. 2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A worker responsible for keeping the rails and permanent way of a railway in good repair; = platelayer n. 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 railways surfaceman1845 snake1929 snake charmer1937 1845 Glasgow Herald 3 Jan. He turned out to be a surfaceman, named Robert Barnes employed on the Railway. 1878 (title) Songs of the Rail. By Alexander Anderson, Railway Surfaceman,..Dumfriesshire. 1928 C. J. Allen Steel Highway i. x. 125 How often, when travelling by train, have you been aware that every yard of the track over which you travel so smoothly has been scrutinised that very day by the surfacemen? 1933 Times 27 Oct. 9/7 The wife of a Kingskettle (Fife) shoemaker was arrested yesterday on a charge of murdering her two daughters..who were found in the river Eden by a railway surfaceman. 2001 P. J. G. Ransom Snow, Flood & Tempest vii. 108 The midnight train from Perth actually left Kingussie, but surfacemen—that is to say platelayers—were on watch and by good fortune were able to signal it to stop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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