English Explanatory Dictionary

brakesman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
  2. A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.

Word forms

brakesman brakesmen

Etymology

From brake + -s- + -man.

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