English Dictionary

pointsman

名詞

(rail transport) A man in charge of railroad points or switches.

日本語の意味

鉄道のポイント、すなわち線路の分岐や転轍装置の操作を担当する作業員や管理者

The pointsman checked the alignment of the switches before allowing the freight train to proceed.

貨物列車が進行する前に、転轍手は分岐器の位置を確認した。

意味（1）

(rail transport) A man in charge of railroad points or switches.

At their point of origin, constructing these boxes presented railway companies with an attractive proposition: to remove the need for pointsmen and flagmen operating at several ground-level locations around a railway site by housing one or two men in a signal structure.

pointsmen （ plural ）