chainman
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chainmen
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The man had a wrestler’s neck and the shoulders of a chainman.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
He raised his compass and followed the chainman to the Doyles' door.
From The Man in Gray by Thomas Dixon
The rear chainman gathered them up as he came to them, and thus, by counting the number of pins in his hand, he always knew just what distance had been measured.
From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Kirk Munroe
The other chainman gave Carleton the leading end, intending that the Boscawen boy, and not himself, should drag it and drive the stake.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by William Elliot Griffis
Glover chose for his companions two men: Dancing—far and away the best climber in the telegraph corps, and Smith Young, roadmaster, a chainman of Glover's when he ran the Pilot line.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
In surveying, your chainmen could measure your distances for you.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
From this stake he laid out a new course to the north and at exact right angles with the proper course, sending his chainmen forward with markers.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"Here, you fellows," called Tom, almost gayly, as he ran to where engineers and chainmen men were standing in little groups, talking gloomily over the forenoon's work.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Accordingly, Reade allowed his chainmen to proceed measuring until they were fairly close to the pond.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Preceded by their chainmen, Rutter and Reade trudged along the trail for something like a mile.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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