haltkeeper

noun

haltkeeper

noun

Etymology From halt + keeper.

1

A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).

  • ... tickets were 'issued by the haltkeeper '.1978, Alan Arthur Jackson, London's Local Railways, David and Charles, page 143:
  • Each platform was equipped with basic facilities: a ticket hut and waiting shelter, running-in boards and a row of gas lamps kept by the resident haltkeeper.2023 May 21, Wikipedia contributors, “Cheriton Halt railway station”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

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