rackman

noun

rack·​man

ˈrakmən

plural rackmen

1

: a power plant or mill worker who cleans the racks that screen fish, weeds, and other foreign matter from river water before it enters machines

2

: one who working from a raised loading rack fills tank cars, trucks, or ships with petroleum products

3

: a worker who places starting blanks between anodes in electrolysis tanks before the deposition of copper starting sheets on the blanks

4

: racker sense a

Word History

Etymology

rack entry 3 + man

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