YARDMAN


Meaning of YARDMAN in English

yardman 1

/yahrd"meuhn/ , n. , pl. yardmen . Naut.

a sailor assigned to the yards of a vessel.

[ 1885-90; YARD 1 + -MAN ]

yardman 2

/yahrd"meuhn/ , n. , pl. yardmen .

1. a person who works in a railroad yard, boatyard, lumberyard, or the like.

2. a person employed to care for the yard of a house, public building, etc., as by mowing the lawn and trimming shrubbery.

[ 1815-25; YARD 2 + -MAN ]

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