haltkeeper
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]haltkeeper (plural haltkeepers)
- A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).
- 1978, Alan Arthur Jackson, London's Local Railways, David and Charles, page 143:
- ... tickets were 'issued by the haltkeeper '.
- 2023 May 21, Wikipedia contributors, “Cheriton Halt railway station”, in English Wikipedia[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
- Each platform was equipped with basic facilities: a ticket hut and waiting shelter, running-in boards and a row of gas lamps kept by the resident haltkeeper.