Word info

deadman

Speech parts

1. deadman - Noun

2. Deadman - Proper noun

Meaning

(obsolete) A corpse
There is no deadman to be found at Deadman's Curve.

(construction) A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays.
The building code requires deadmen for retaining walls.

(rail transport, manufacturing, agriculture, safety equipment) A cutout device that operates in the event that an operator releases the control handles, leaves the operator's seat, or otherwise seems to be no longer present and alert.

Deadman (plural Deadmans)

A surname.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He whom we anatomized ‘whose words we gathered as pleasant flowers and thought on his wit and how neatly he described things' speaks to us, hatching marrow, broody all night over the bones of a deadman. Basil Bunting

To become a master or a deadman. Russian Proverb

At one point, it seemed that Taker was overpowered but it all turned around when the Deadman used his mystique to eerily appear behind Styles and foil his plans. Source: Internet

Former AoT Chief Animation Director Satoshi Kadowaki was directly attached to WIT Studio so he’s being replaced by Daisuke Niinuma, who’s known for his work on To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts, and Deadman Wonderland. Source: Internet

Local Sharon Deadman rallied a team coordinating dozens to safety telling Sky News it was “an absolute miracle”. Source: Internet

Thinking he could stop the impending disaster by simply taking over the Anti-Monitor’s body, Deadman attempted to possess the villain’s body, but was thrown out. Source: Internet

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