Meanings
noungatewayman (plural gatewaymen)
plural gatewaymen
- historicalbusinessA kind of road repair worker in coal mines.
I would like to know, for example, the length of time taken to cut the 125 yards of face with the bar machine, the number of fillers employed on the same length of face, and what number of gatewaymen were employed to do the necessary canch work at the face.
1926, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), The Mining Engineer, page 281
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gatewayman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatewayman
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“gatewayman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatewayman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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