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chainmen

chainmen is the plural of chainman.

Meaning of chainman

Noun

chainman (plural chainmen)

  1. One who uses a chain or measuring tape.
    • It was the chainman's job to drag the twenty-two-yard chain with its hundred links with which the world was measured.2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 8

Questions about chainmen

What is chainmen the plural of?
Chainmen is the plural of chainman.

Words near chainmen in the dictionary

  1. chainmails
  2. chainmaker
  3. chainmakers
  4. chainmaking
  5. chainman
  6. chainmen
  7. chainon
  8. chainons
  9. chainplate
  10. chainplates
  11. chainring

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