A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
shipwrecking
shipwrecking
verb
present participle of shipwreck
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.