hodman

American  

[hod-muhn] / ˈhɒd mən /

noun

plural

hodmen

1. hod carrier.

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hodman British  

/ ˈhɒdmən /

noun

1. another name for a hod carrier

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Etymology

Origin of hodman

First recorded in 1580–90; hod + man

Example Sentences

Mankind resembles the bricklayer and the hodman who help to raise an imposing edifice without any knowledge of the general plan.

From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Dillon, Emile Joseph

Mr Rollitt led the way with all the agility of a practical hodman.

From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Reed, Talbot Baines

Let her but trust herself to him, and she should try her social experiments as she pleased—she should plan Utopias, and he would be her hodman to build them.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

If a hodman, for example, wished to land a brick at an elevation of sixteen feet above the place where he stood, he would probably pitch it up to the bricklayer.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

After four days new red bricks began to arrive, carried by a quite guiltless hodman who had not visited the house before.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold