Definition of dogman in English:
dogman
nounPlural dogmen ˈdɒɡmən
Australian, NZ A person giving directional signals to the operator of a crane, typically while sitting on the crane's load.
Example sentencesExamples
- If they want the job, it's up to them - that is, the crane driver and the dogman - to assess how they want to do the job.
- The taskforce officer has charged the dogman with breaching the dispute resolution procedure in the Victorian Building Industry Agreement.
- He died while working as a dogman on a crane that struck overhead power lines last year.
- Under an agreement with the union, dogmen and scaffolders were supposed to receive $21.90 and labourers $20.03 per hour.
Origin
1940s: from dog (sense 4 of the noun) + man.