Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
brakesman noun plural -men
- a pithead winch operator
Examples from the Web for brakesman Historical Examples of brakesman
Stephenson was again taken on as a brakesman at the p. 40West Moor Pit.
Samuel Smiles
To this place Stephenson first came as a brakesman about the beginning of 1805.
Samuel Smiles
To this place Stephenson first came as a brakesman about the end of 1804.
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson
Samuel Smiles
The writer occupied the humble post of brakesman—elected thereto in all humility by an overpowering majority.
Tomaso’s Fortune and Other Stories
Henry Seton Merriman
He shall take care to run no train without a brake-van at the rear end, and a brakesman in attendance.
Arthur Heywood