platelayer

/ ˈpleɪtˌleɪə /

noun

a workman who lays and maintains railway track US and Canadian equivalenttrackman

The platelayer, it is said, is instructed to wear a red tie so that on emergency it may be used as a danger signal.

Wardell helped to make the present railway, and has worked for fifty-five years as a platelayer on the line.

It is obvious the mobility of labor between the occupations of a platelayer and a barrister is not very great.

His father is a platelayer on the railway receiving the magnificent sum of 16s.

No platelayer other than the foreman shall be authorised to undertake any work interfering with the free passage of trains.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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