单词 | chain-man |
释义 | > as lemmaschain-man chain-man n. a person who carries the measuring-chain for a land-surveyor; a chain-bearer. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > the bearer of a measuring chain chain-carrier1702 chain-man1714 chain-bearer1736 chainer1849 1714 W. Winthrop in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1892) 6th Ser. V. 299 The survayer and chainmen being under oath. 1810 Repertory (Boston) 6 Apr. Chadwick was acting as chainman. 1869 Overland Monthly 3 248 The only way for the chain-men to work along these cliffs..was by being suspended by ropes from above. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §970 Chain-man. < as lemmas |
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