hand-worked

adjective

Operated by hand.

Meanings

adjectivehand-worked (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of handworked.
  2. not comparableOperated by hand.

    Before long, this box will be installed nearer Grosmont (NYM) level crossing to permit control of the crossing gates (presently hand-worked) and to replace the eight-lever ground frame which currently operates the pointwork.

    1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412
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