Associations to the word «Platelayer»

Wiktionary

PLATELAYER, noun. (UK) (rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.

Dictionary definition

PLATELAYER, noun. A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky