lockmaster
nounEtymology From lock + master.
1
Someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.
- Near-synonyms: lockkeeper, locktender, lockman
- Lock operations required both the lockmaster and lockman, often supplemented by deckhands on a towboat.2021, William E. Ellis, The Kentucky River:
- Related terms
- lock down, lockhouse, lock through, lock up