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chainman
[ cheyn-muhn ]
noun
, Surveying.
, plural chain·men.
- a person who holds and positions a chain in taking measurements.
chainman
/ ˈtʃeɪnmən /
noun
- surveying a person who does the chaining in a survey
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He was accompanied by an assistant and a chainman,—his son Robert entering the figures while his father took the sights.
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The head chainman carried all of these to start with, and stuck one into the ground at the end of each hundred feet.
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The men exchange pins and the tally man, usually the hind chainman, calls out "Tally one," and cuts a notch in a stick.
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Two men are required for measuring, or "chaining," a head and a rear chainman.
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Morris, addressing the head chainman, keep this boy with you.
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