crossing keeper

noun

crossing keeper

noun

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport A member of railway staff who looks after a level crossing.

All these level crossings have hand-operated gates, and are manned by crossing-keepers.1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:

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