English Dictionary

head beetler

名詞

イギリス英語 古語 方言

(archaic, UK, dialect) The leader of a group of workmen.

日本語の意味

作業員集団の先導者 / 作業員のグループを率いる者 / 作業員・労働者のリーダー

The head beetler shouted instructions as the men hauled the timber up the hill.

親方が指示を出すと、作業員たちは丘の上へ材木を引き上げた。

意味（1）

(archaic, UK, dialect) The leader of a group of workmen.

The line of flunkies, like a rijiment of tin men workin' on strings, all together threw up their hands in horror, a look on their face like someone stole their last penny, and the head beetler of them, bowin' till his three ends met, said, […]

head beetlers （ plural ）