English Dictionary

booking lad

名詞

イギリス英語 古風

(rail transport, dated, Britain) A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

日本語の意味

（英国の鉄道、時代遅れの用語）信号室に勤務し、通過する列車の動向を記録する若い男性従業員。

The booking lad in the signal box logged every locomotive that passed, his pencil moving in time with the distant rumble of the rails.

信号所の若い係員は、通過するすべての機関車を記録し、鉛筆を動かす手が遠くの線路の轟音に合わせていた。

意味（1）

(rail transport, dated, Britain) A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

This will provide a permanent automatic record of all train movements in the area of each box and eliminate the manual recording at present done by booking lads.

booking lads （ plural ）