wreckmaster

English

Etymology

wreck +‎ master

Noun

wreckmaster (plural wreckmasters)

1. Someone appointed to take charge of any goods and debris arriving on to the shore after a shipwreck.
2. (rail transport) Someone in charge of a wreck train

References

• “wreck-master”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.