yardmaster

[ yahrd-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun
  1. a person who superintends all or part of a railroad yard.

Origin of yardmaster

1
First recorded in 1870–75; yard2 + master

Words Nearby yardmaster

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How to use yardmaster in a sentence

  • But what limit is set to a switchman's courage I have never known, because I've never known one to balk at a yardmaster's order.

    The Daughter of a Magnate | Frank H. Spearman
  • He was a yardmaster at the time of leaving the company's employ.

  • You wonder why they keep an expert yardmaster and half a dozen switching crews at Waverley.

    The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford
  • Here is the yardmaster at a great interior railroad centre—we call it Somerset for the sake of convenience.

    The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford
  • If not, he refuses to accept it from the yardmaster until it has been resealed, and makes a note of the occurrence.

    The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford