yardsmen
Outdoor property maintainers
Yardsmen is the plural of yardsman, a worker who tends a yard—typically a railroad yard, shipyard, or lumber yard.
The term applies to laborers who manage materials, move equipment, or maintain order in these industrial spaces: The yardsmen coupled the freight cars before dawn.
Locomotive for repositioning cars
- switchmanRail junction operator
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- freightGoods being transported
- couplingJoint between systems
marshalling · sidings · boxcar · depot · terminal · signals · tracks · wagons
shunter
Locomotive for repositioning cars
- switchmanRail junction operator
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- freightGoods being transported
coupling · marshalling · sidings · boxcar · depot · terminal · signals · tracks · wagons · sorting
rigger
One who handles tackle
spar · sail · boom · gaff · halyard · shroud · ratlines · climbing · footrope · square-rigger
batsman
Cricket's offensive player
crease · pitch · stumps · innings · runs · boundaries · pavilion · groundsman · umpire · test match
yardsmenoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
clerks · clerical staff · administrative staff · secretaries · bookkeepers
yardsmensuperintendents
Those who oversee operations
foremen · supervisors · executives · administrators · management