GRIPMAN


Meaning of GRIPMAN in English

/grip"meuhn/ , n. , pl. gripmen .

a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.

[ 1880-85, Amer.; GRIP + -MAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .