chainman

/cheyn-muhn/US // ˈtʃeɪn mən //UK // (ˈtʃeɪnmən) //

链家,链条人,链条工,链家网

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural chain·men.Surveying.
- : a person who holds and positions a chain in taking measurements.

He was accompanied by an assistant and a chainman,—his son Robert entering the figures while his father took the sights.
The head chainman carried all of these to start with, and stuck one into the ground at the end of each hundred feet.
The men exchange pins and the tally man, usually the hind chainman, calls out "Tally one," and cuts a notch in a stick.
Two men are required for measuring, or "chaining," a head and a rear chainman.
Morris, addressing the head chainman, keep this boy with you.