Usually means: Device anchoring temporary retaining structures.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. deadman: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deadman: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Deadman, deadman: Wordnik
  5. Deadman, deadman: Wiktionary
  6. deadman: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. deadman: Dictionary.com
  8. Deadman (DC Comics), Deadman (DC comics), Deadman (Vertigo), Deadman (band), Deadman (climbing), Deadman (comics), Deadman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. deadman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Deadman: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Deadman (comics), deadman: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deadman: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Deadman)

noun:  (obsolete) A corpse
noun:  (construction) A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays.
noun:  (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.
noun:  A surname.

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