Meanings
nounchainman (plural chainmen)
plural chainmen
- geographyOne who uses a chain or measuring tape.
It was the chainman's job to drag the twenty-two-yard chain with its hundred links with which the world was measured.
2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 8
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Translations
Spanish cadenero
- cadeneroone who wields a chain
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APA
chainman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chainman
MLA
“chainman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chainman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chainman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chainman.
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