hauliern.
/ˈhɔːlɪə/, U.S. /ˈhɔljər/, /ˈhɑljər/ 1. A man employed in hauling or pulling something; spec. a workman in a coal mine who pulls or drives the tubs which convey the coal from the working to the bottom of the shaft.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > [noun] > one who
hallier1479
haler1534
haulier1577
hauler1674
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who works with trams, tubs, etc.
coal putter1708
foal1770
onsetter1789
putter1812
headsman1813
trapper1815
thruster1825
trammer1839
train boy1852
tram1856
hanger-on1858
tipper1861
hooker-on?1881
jiggerer?1881
hitcher1890
tub-loader1891
haulier1892
tilter1892
unhooker1892
flatter1894
jagger1900
thrutcher1901
tram-boy1904
filler1921
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus iii. xxix, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 461 Maister..of the hauliers.
1892 Daily News 27 Aug. 5/4 They found in the upper roadway two hauliers or carters..overcome by the foul gas.
1893 Times 9 Aug. 9/2 The hauliers employed at the Prince of Wales Colliery, Risca.
2. A firm or a person engaged in road transport.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > by road
haulier1919
1919 Commercial Motor 1 May 199/1 We do not find a motor haulier keeping his vehicles in the garage because his repair department informs him that this is the best way of reducing the cost of maintenance.
1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IV. 277/1 Hauliers often have to transfer loads from one vehicle to another at the state border.
1959 Times Rev. Industry May 44/3 Hauliers are afraid to work out costs properly.
1967 Listener 20 Apr. 539/3 Interviews with drivers and hauliers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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