fettler

/ ˈfɛtlə /

noun

1. a person employed to maintain railway tracks

Example Sentences

A fettler is the man who cleans the machines in the mill.

From Project Gutenberg

By way of variety, the artist might make a water-colour sketch of a fettler's tent on the line, with a billy hanging over the fire in front, and three fettlers standing round filling their pipes.

From Project Gutenberg

When I'd lossen my job back i' t' eighties, ��� An were laikin' for well-nigh two year, Who said that an out-o'-wark fettler ��� Were costin' his country dear?

From Project Gutenberg