gripman
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editgripman (plural gripmen)
- (chiefly historical) A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.
References
edit- “gripman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.