brakesman

/ ˈbreɪksmən /

noun

1. a pithead winch operator

Example Sentences

At the foot of the great mound of shot rubbish was the fixed engine of which George Stephenson acted as brakesman.

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Of course, as he was only a brakesman, his opinion was considered to be worth very little on such a point.

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Whether working as a brakesman or an engineer, his mind was always full of the work in hand.

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That was the road she took, before my eyes, under the most comfortable conditions, in an electric trolley driven by a brakesman.

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To this place Stephenson first came as a brakesman about the end of 1804.

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