Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.

    a coal heaver

    a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)

  2. A bar used as a lever.

    a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)

Forms

plural: heavers
Singularheaver
Pluralheavers

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedheave
Derivedcoalheaver

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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