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Definition of Gadsman
1. n. One who uses a gad or goad in driving.
Definition of Gadsman
1. Noun. A man who uses a gad or goad in driving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gadsman
1. one who leads a horse to plough [n GADSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadsman
Literary usage of Gadsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"G GADMAN, ii. 332. " The man who directed the oxen in a plough with a goad."
Is this not much more frequently "gadsman" or ..."
2. Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns: With Upwards of by John Cuthbertson (1886)
"The gadsman's business is sometimes said to be to fa' the plough. This word
affords a curious example of the truth that ..."
3. The Book of Ellon by Alexander Inkson McConnochie (1901)
"Besides the ploughman and the gadsman who steered on the oxen, ... The names of
some of them were yelled fiercely by the gadsman or others—such as ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"GADMAN, gadsman, the man who had charge of the team of oxen in ploughing. (Obs.)
GAD-SMASH-ME-SARK! ..."
5. The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on by Robert Burns (1800)
"... an old man EERIE, Dreading spirits, gadsman, plough-boy, the frighted boy that
drives the horses ..."
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