单词 | pipe-fitter |
释义 | pipe-fittern. A person employed to install pipes; a plumber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > plumber plumber1385 blemmerec1420 leaderc1440 plumstera1500 pipe-fitter1860 sanitary engineer1873 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > pipe-layer or -fitter piper1456 pipelayer1818 pipe-fitter1860 pipeman1863 steamfitter1906 1860 G. W. Hawes Ohio State Gazetteer for 1860–61 307/2 Stutsman Jno. G., Gas and steam pipe fitter, chandeliers, &c. 1889 Sci. Amer. 17 Aug. 107/1 Bending and offsetting of the pipe is a matter of economy or taste with the pipe fitters. 1910 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 6/5 Arthur Moon, aged 45, a pipe-fitter. 1977 Cornish Times 19 Aug. 15/3 He won first-year plumber and pipe-fitter prize. 1992 enRoute (Toronto, Ont.) July 22 (advt.) Mill wrights are learning pipefitting skills. Pipefitters are learning millwright skills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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