A worker at a building site who supervises the use of vehicles and heavy machinery.
Usage examples:
The driver had no banksman to help him before he reversed
noun
Someone who works on a building site (= an area of land where something is being built) whose job is to make sure that vehicles and heavy machinery are used correctly and safely
Usage examples:
We had to have a banksman for the crane., my grandfather was a banksman, in charge of the cage at t…