Also 6–7 bankman. [f. BANK sb.1 + MAN.] An over-looker above ground at a coal-mine, a ‘bank-manager.’
1598. Wills & Inv. N. C., II. (1860), 335. Who haith served me as a banckman, at those pittes.
1604. MS. Eccl. Proc. Durh. James Carre, then bankeman of the said cole pittes.
1851. Coal-tr. Terms Northumbld. & Durh., 6. The banksman’s wages are about 4s. per day.
1862. Chamb. Jrnl., 215. Repulsed by the banksman of the nearest pit.
