gearman
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gearman (plural gearmen)
- Someone who is responsible for the maintenance of equipment belonging to a shipping company, railroad, trucking company, or colliery.
- 1901, Case and Exceptions, page 69:
- As gearman I have to see that the brakes are in perfect order; cars are in running order on 23d Street line at present.
- 1934, S. A. Garnham, Robert L. Hadfield, The Submarine Cable, page 70:
- In this case the gearman's job consists simply in keeping the slime off the drum with bathbrick and attending to the oiling.
- 1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 494:
- Before a job is begun the nature of the cargo and the gear that will be required is determined; required gear is taken out of stock in the gear locker room by the gearman. It is then loaded on the gear trucks and driven to the pier […]
- 1997, David Wellman, The Union Makes Us Strong, page 155:
- It is therefore difficult to know where the gearmen's loyalty ends and their employer's dependence begins. Gearmen have an equally complicated relationship with fellow longshoremen.
- 2006, Wayne Ward, The Last Seaman, page 103:
- Dreamy was working him on the gear with the gearman during the day, checking clusters, replacing burned out bulbs, repairing tents, changing runners, replacing guys, trimming derricks.