noun
or docking boss
Etymology: dock (III)
: a foreman who checks carloads of newly mined coal to estimate the amount of slate and other foreign matter that has been included in order to establish a rate of dockage — called also gager
noun
or docking boss
Etymology: dock (III)
: a foreman who checks carloads of newly mined coal to estimate the amount of slate and other foreign matter that has been included in order to establish a rate of dockage — called also gager
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012