Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In coal-mining, a man in attendance at the mouth of the shaft, who superintends the sorting and loading of the coal. [Eng.] Gresley.
Examples
“They're things like - if you're going to be moving five tons of steel on a crane, there needs to be a banksman acting as a lookout, so you don't crush anybody.”
The Huffington Post: Johann Hari: Workers Will Die Without Health and Safety Inspections
“Some appeared in the interpretation of terms, as when the words 'white person' were inserted in the definition of banksman, onsetter, ganger and mine manager.”
“These defined the posts of manager, engine driver, banksman and onsetter in such a way as to reserve them for whites.”
“Next morning, a banksman, who acted as personal attendant on Hugh”
“The old banksman was forbidden to send for a doctor, but he contrived to dispatch a messenger for Parson Christian.”
“When the singing ceased, Hugh Ritson paused suddenly and turned to the old banksman.”
“Toward nightfall he grew feverish, and rang frequently the bell that summoned the banksman.”
“And once again, as though by a rush of muddy water, the street filled up, and a strong body of police came through it, escorting the banksman who had been the cause of the accident.”
“An 'there's catches as yo mun knock away to let' un go down -- an 'this banksman -- ee's a devil!”
“Coe was, however, opposed in this by several of the other workmen — one of whom, a banksman named William Locke, {26} went so far as to stop the working of the pit because Stephenson had been called in to the brake.”
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson
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In the Collieries
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jodi BrE; seen on a sign at the side of a road ("no backing up without a banksman") Oct 3, 2012