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roadmaster
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
an elected municipal official responsible for public roads, paths, bridges, etc.
Quotations
1825
Bulls and Oxen to run at large--Fences 5 feet high. Road Masters to be Judges of Fences.
1865
We had occasion to notice, on a recent visit to the lower part of the Settlement, two broken bridges, and upon informing the road-master, we received an explanation of the cause in the one case, and a promise of immediate attention to the other.
1924
He is not over-considerate, is the roadmaster; he puts you to no end of trouble for a trifle of a drift; and there are pitch-holes opposite his own place, too.
2†n.
a person in charge of the maintenance of the track in a division on a railway.
Quotations
1883
Last autum Supt. Egan, instructed all road-masters to have section men all along the line construct snow fences running parallel with the track. . . .
1966
The roadmaster came down on his track speeder and gave us a fatherly talking to.