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Meanings of platelayer in English

Russian
обходчик
Spanish
guardavia
Catalan
guardavies
Wikidata

Railway industry occupation.

        Related terms
        обходчик
        Catalan
        obrer de ferrocarrils
        Spanish
        asentador de vías

        A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks.

              obrer de ferrocarrils
              Usage of platelayer in English
              1
              Wardell helped to make the present railway, and has worked for fifty-five years as a platelayer on the line.
              The Evolution of an English Town
              2
              They transferred him to Tharanda when his time came, and he married a platelayer's daughter, or something of that kind.
              The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
              3
              Have there been any platelayers at work lately?
              John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
              4
              The feeding of 2,000 platelayers in a barren desert was a problem in itself.
              The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
              5
              What would become of a railway that had no surfacemen and platelayers going along the line and noticing whether anything was amiss?
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
              6
              "It's only some platelayers on the viaduct," he explained.
              The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
              7
              A gang of platelayers and navvies were making a new siding by the station, and sounds of hammering also came from the engine shed.
              London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
              Frequent collocations
              Translations for platelayer
              Platelayer through the time