A member of a gang of workers or labourers; (also) a foreman or overseer of such a gang (= gangsman, n. 2). Now chiefly Indian English: a member of…

A person who lays and maintains the plates of a tramway or railway; (now) spec. one who lays and maintains the rails and permanent way of a…

A workman employed in fixing the rails of a railway; a platelayer.

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

A man employed to attend to the condition of a railway, telegraph, or telephone line.

(a) a man employed in laying or repairing a railway track, a plate-layer; also, a railway truck equipped with machinery for laying rails; (b) one…

(a) a workman employed in the construction or maintenance of a railway or tramway; (b) a track athlete.

= lineman, n. 1.

a man employed to walk along and examine a certain length of railway track regularly.

a man appointed to maintain a certain stretch of road or railway; (the form lengthsman in quot. 1902 is an isolated use).

Railways. A subordinate member of a gang of platelayers.

A railroad maintenance-worker or section-hand.

U.S. and Australian slang. (See quots.) Cf. snake charmer n. at compounds 4a below.

A worker on a railway system (spec. the London Underground) employed to clear the track of refuse (see also quot. 1964).