Bible Dictionaries
Pitman

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.

(2):

(n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pitman'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pitman.html. 1828.