heaver
noun/ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/
Etymology From heave + -er.
1
One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
- a coal heaver
2
A bar used as a lever.
- The spar snapping under them in the slings, as they sought, with heavers, to beat down the icy sail.1856, Herman Melville, Benito Cereno:
- Derived terms
- coalheaver