spraggerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

spragger (plural spraggers)

1. (mining, chiefly historical; otherwise uncommon) A mineworker whose job is to control (i.e., to slow, check, stop, or prevent) the movement of wagons or mine cars by applying sprags to prop them or to apply braking to their wheels or axles.

   Hypernyms: mineworker < worker < person

   Coordinate terms: miner (differentiated from other mineworkers and usually higher-ranking), muledriver, breaker boy, coal cracker