Meaning

2 senses

  1. Someone who operates the winch in a mine.

  2. A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.

Origin

From brake + -s- + -man.

From brake + -s- + -man.

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Forms

plural: brakesmen
Singularbrakesman
Pluralbrakesmen

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Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
braisebrakeA2bramblebran
brakesman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto