Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PITMAN
n.The man that stands in a pit when sawing timber with another man who stands above.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PITMAN
Pit "man, n.; pl. Pitmen (.
1. One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
2. (Mach. )
Defn: The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pitman
pit man |ˈpitmən ˈpɪtmən | ▶noun 1 ( pl. pitmen ) a coal miner. 2 ( pl. pitmans ) a connecting rod in machinery.
Pitman, Sir Isaac
Pit man, Sir Isaac |ˈpitmən ˈpɪtmən | (1813 –97 ), English inventor of a formerly widely used shorthand system.
Oxford Dictionary
pitman
pit ¦man |ˈpɪtmən | ▶noun 1 ( pl. pitmen ) a coal miner. 2 ( pl. pitmans ) N. Amer. a connecting rod.
Pitman, Sir Isaac
Pit ¦man |ˈpɪtmən | (1813 –97 ), English inventor of a shorthand system, published as Stenographic Sound Hand (1837 ). Pitman shorthand is still widely used in the UK and elsewhere.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pitman
pit man /pɪ́tmən /名詞 C 1 複 -men 坑夫 (｟男女共用 ｠pit miner ).2 複 ～s 〘機 〙連結棒 (!connecting rodを用いる方がよい ) .
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