From plate + layer. <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">platelayers</span>) (rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation...
<span class="searchmatch">platelayers</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span>...
From plate + laying. platelaying (uncountable) (rail transport) The work of a <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span>, inspecting and maintaining the permanent way....
(US, rail transport) A female railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation. <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span> trackperson trackman...
time, and are a far cry from the days when all inspections were carried out by trackmen reaching remote sites on foot. <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span> trackperson trackwoman...
miner who works in the open air, rather than underground. (Scotland) A <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span>; one who maintains a railway track. 1915, Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red...
Streckenwärters, plural Streckenwärter, feminine Streckenwärterin) trackman, <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span>, fettler Synonyms: Bahnwärter, Streckengänger, Streckenläufer Declension...
Synonyms: Schrankenwärter, Bahnschrankenwärter (rail transport) trackman, <span class="searchmatch">platelayer</span>, fettler Synonyms: Streckenwärter, Streckengänger, Streckenläufer Declension...
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Railway, Manchester: Printed by Shaw and M‘Corquodale, →OCLC, page 20: <span class="searchmatch">Platelayers</span>, or others, who may have hand lorries or waggons on the line without...