brakesmann.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪksmən/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪksmən/

Forms: Also brakeman, breaksman.

Etymology: In sense 1, < brake n.⁴ + man n.¹; in sense 2, referred to brake n.⁷; for the form compare craftsman, marksman, sportsman.

1. In Coal Mining: see quot.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > operating specific machinery

plugman1797

brakesman1849

beltman1880

prop man1888

1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 10 Brakesman, the engineman who attends to the winding machine.

1866 W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (ed. 2) 258 George Stephenson was brakesman to the fixed engine.

2. The man in charge of the brake-apparatus of a railway train.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > brakesman or guard

brakesman1833

guard1842

rear guard1845

train guard1845

shack1899

provodnik1927

pinhead1931

1833 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 2 738/1 Two brakemen $450 00.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 388/1 The engine was thrown off the line..and the ‘breakman’ so dreadfully injured that his life is despaired of.

1843 Proc. Western Railroad Corp. 48 Amount paid Brakemen on all the trains.

1848 W. Templeton Locomot. Eng. (ed. 2) 81 The amount of wages for breaksmen.

1861 F. L. Olmsted Journey Cotton Kingdom I. 161 A brakeman told me this delay was not very unusual.

1865 Morning Star 1 Feb. At the time of the accident he had been employed as a breaksman about three weeks.

1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 212/2 The brakeman bawled out, ‘Tannery Town!’

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Mar. 1/5 Mr. Murdock asserted that $5.12 was not too much for a railway brakeman for an eight-hour day or a run of 100 miles.

1967 Boston Herald 1 Apr. 1/3 Railroad conductors and brakemen were barred Friday from proceeding with a nationwide railroad strike.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brakesman
释义	brakesmann. Brit. /ˈbreɪksmən/, U.S. /ˈbreɪksmən/ Forms: Also brakeman, breaksman. Etymology: In sense 1, < brake n.⁴ + man n.¹; in sense 2, referred to brake n.⁷; for the form compare craftsman, marksman, sportsman. 1. In Coal Mining: see quot. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > operating specific machinery plugman1797 brakesman1849 beltman1880 prop man1888 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 10 Brakesman, the engineman who attends to the winding machine. 1866 W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (ed. 2) 258 George Stephenson was brakesman to the fixed engine. 2. The man in charge of the brake-apparatus of a railway train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > brakesman or guard brakesman1833 guard1842 rear guard1845 train guard1845 shack1899 provodnik1927 pinhead1931 1833 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 2 738/1 Two brakemen $450 00. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 388/1 The engine was thrown off the line..and the ‘breakman’ so dreadfully injured that his life is despaired of. 1843 Proc. Western Railroad Corp. 48 Amount paid Brakemen on all the trains. 1848 W. Templeton Locomot. Eng. (ed. 2) 81 The amount of wages for breaksmen. 1861 F. L. Olmsted Journey Cotton Kingdom I. 161 A brakeman told me this delay was not very unusual. 1865 Morning Star 1 Feb. At the time of the accident he had been employed as a breaksman about three weeks. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 212/2 The brakeman bawled out, ‘Tannery Town!’ 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Mar. 1/5 Mr. Murdock asserted that $5.12 was not too much for a railway brakeman for an eight-hour day or a run of 100 miles. 1967 Boston Herald 1 Apr. 1/3 Railroad conductors and brakemen were barred Friday from proceeding with a nationwide railroad strike. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas brakesman brakesman n. (also break(s)man) a man who operates a baker's kneading-machine.extracted from braken.³ < n.1833 as lemmas
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