chainman

The definition of a chainman is someone who works with a surveyor to measure distances.

(noun)

An example of a chainman is the man in the orange vest who helps measure a distance using a chain or tape measure.

See chainman in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun pl. chainmen

a surveyor's assistant who measures distances with a tape measure or surveyor's chain: chainmen work in pairs

See chainman in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Either of the two persons who hold a surveyor's measuring chain.

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