steeplejack

[ stee-puh l-jak ]

/ ˈsti pəlˌdʒæk /

a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.

Origin of steeplejack

First recorded in 1880–85; steeple + jack¹

Blixie Bimber liked him because he was a steeplejack, a little, but more because he was a whistler.

Rootabaga Stories |Carl Sandburg
He saw that the steeplejack had now reached the point where his work was waiting for him, work that required nerve and courage.

King John of Jingalo |Laurence Housman
The other was to Jimmy the Flea, the climber, the steeplejack.

Rootabaga Stories |Carl Sandburg
But it was our Steeplejack, James Huneker, who was our pioneer watcher of the skies.

Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday

After all, it isn't any worse than being a steel worker or steeplejack.

Disowned |Victor Endersby

steeplejack

/ (ˈstiːpəlˌdʒæk) /

a person trained and skilled in the construction and repair of steeples, chimneys, etc

C19: from steeple + jack 1 (in the sense: a man or fellow)