gearman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who is responsible for the maintenance of equipment belonging to a shipping company, railroad, trucking company, or colliery.
Example Sentences
- "As gearman I have to see that the brakes are in perfect order; cars are in running order on 23d Street line at present."
- "In this case the gearman's job consists simply in keeping the slime off the drum with bathbrick and attending to the oiling."
- "Before a job is begun the nature of the cargo and the gear that will be required is determined; required gear is taken out of stock in the gear locker room by the gearman. It is then loaded on the gear trucks and driven to the pier […]"
- "It is therefore difficult to know where the gearmen's loyalty ends and their employer's dependence begins. Gearmen have an equally complicated relationship with fellow longshoremen."
- "Dreamy was working him on the gear with the gearman during the day, checking clusters, replacing burned out bulbs, repairing tents, changing runners, replacing guys, trimming derricks."