towerman

[ tou-er-muhn ]

/ ˈtaʊ ər mən /

noun, plural tow·er·men.

Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.

Aviation. an air-traffic controller.

Origin of towerman

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; tower¹ + -man

Words nearby towerman

tower bolt, tower crane, towered, Tower Hamlets, towering, towerman, tower-mill, Tower of London, tower of silence, tower of strength, tower wagon

Example sentences from the Web for towerman

If the towerman set those switches and signals 319 times in the course of a day, they must be set absolutely correct 319 times.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
He also asked the towerman to telegraph ahead to Dover for a substitute engineer.
Ralph on the Engine|Allen Chapman
The point of convergence is known to the towerman and all the other workers as the “throat” of the yard.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
Eight times that towerman tried there in the midst of the storm to open that switch and eight times he reported failure.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

But the towerman at Middleport said that he could not move the siding-switch there; it was packed in with ice and snow.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

单词	towerman
释义	towerman [ tou-er-muhn ] / ˈtaʊ ər mən / noun, plural tow·er·men. Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains. Aviation. an air-traffic controller. Origin of towerman An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; tower¹ + -man Words nearby towerman tower bolt, tower crane, towered, Tower Hamlets, towering, towerman, tower-mill, Tower of London, tower of silence, tower of strength, tower wagon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for towerman If the towerman set those switches and signals 319 times in the course of a day, they must be set absolutely correct 319 times. The Modern Railroad\|Edward Hungerford He also asked the towerman to telegraph ahead to Dover for a substitute engineer. Ralph on the Engine\|Allen Chapman The point of convergence is known to the towerman and all the other workers as the “throat” of the yard. The Modern Railroad\|Edward Hungerford Eight times that towerman tried there in the midst of the storm to open that switch and eight times he reported failure. The Modern Railroad\|Edward Hungerford But the towerman at Middleport said that he could not move the siding-switch there; it was packed in with ice and snow. The Modern Railroad\|Edward Hungerford
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