单词 | trammer |
释义 | trammern. 1. Coal Mining, etc. A man or boy who removes the trams of coal, etc. from the workings; a putter. ΘΚΠ 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 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 982 Two persons called trammers are employed to transport the coals. 1878 D. C. Davies Slate & Slate Quarrying 117 The trammers..convey the slate blocks from the quarry to the dressers, and..also remove the waste. 1889 Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 572/2 Trammers are usually strong youths and prospective colliers. 1905 Act 5 Edward VII c. 9 §2 Such persons if they are either in charge of working places or are holers, fillers, trammers, or brushers. 2. One who is employed on a tramway; also, a horse used to draw a tram-car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > by trams trammer1889 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous) chareter1601 gigstera1812 van horse1820 cab horse1828 cabber1832 stanhope horse1836 vanner1854 sledder1869 trapper1883 trammer1889 fly-horse1891 busser1894 1889 Evening News 7 Oct. The trammers are equally worthy of public sympathy with the dock labourers. 1901 Daily Chron. 28 Dec. 9/7 The horses are good trammers, active, and fresh from work, and in good condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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