Mining. A person who works at the mouth of a pit (cf. bank, n.1 12), supervising the loading of coal and the lowering and raising of the cage.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor (8) banksman1486 Mining. A person who works at the mouth of a pit (cf. bank, n.1 12), supervising the loading of coal and the lowering and raising of the cage. overman1606 Chiefly British. A foreman or supervisor in a mine or colliery. Cf. oversman, n. 2b. oversman1668 spec. A foreman or supervisor in a mine or colliery. Cf. overman, n. 1b. viewer1708 A superintendent or manager of a coal mine. Cf. coal-viewer, n. Now historical. keeker1863 A peeper, a gazer; in plural the eyes, ‘peepers’; spec. an overlooker or inspector in a coal-pit, who sees that the coal is sent up in a proper state. underlooker1871 Mining. A subordinate to the manager, who has the superintendence of the miners and workings. underviewer?1881 An underlooker. veerer1883 (See quot. 1883.) |
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