noun
- plural of weighman; officials who weigh goods, materials, or vehicles at checkpoints or facilities
Usage: industrial; commercial
Examples
- The weighmen at the coal mine recorded each truck’s load.
- Port weighmen verified the cargo weights before shipping.
- The company hired additional weighmen for the busy harvest season.
- Weighmen must be certified to operate the industrial scales.
- The weighmen’s reports showed discrepancies in the shipment weights.