pickmen
Workers with picks
Pickmen is the plural of pickman, a laborer who works with a pick—the hand tool with a pointed head used for breaking up hard ground, rock, or pavement.
The term appears in historical contexts describing mining and excavation crews: The pickmen worked ahead of the shovelers.
mining
Ore extractors
- excavatorsMachines for digging earth
- coalfaceActive mining surface
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- quarryPit for extracting rock
ore · rockface · tunnelers · underground · seam · pit · colliery · haulage
miners
Ore extractors
- excavatorsMachines for digging earth
- coalfaceActive mining surface
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
quarry · ore · rockface · tunnelers · underground · seam · pit · colliery · haulage · headlamp
workers
People doing jobs
- navviesManual excavation workers
- laborersWorkers doing physical tasks
- constructionProcess of building something
roadwork · manual · gangs · crews · railway · toil · digging · trenching · groundwork · excavation
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- infantryGround combat troops
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
sappers · warfare · walls · breaching · castle · ramparts · military · pioneers · engineering · earthworks