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Answer for the clue "A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) ", 7 letters:
lockman

Word definitions for lockman in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) [syn: lockmaster , lockkeeper ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Scotland archaic English) A public executioner.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lockman \Lock"man\, n. A public executioner. [Scot.]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lockman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Vic Lockman (born 1927), American cartoonist and comic strip writer Whitey Lockman (born 1926), American Major League Basebell player, coach, and manager Norman Lockman, managing editor of The ...

Usage examples of lockman.

Tony Hamlin and Matt Lockman did something to her during her angiogram, and all of us, myself included, were too ready to write her off as delusional from morphine to pay her any heed.

Rabinall had wanted to buy a Whitey Lockman from him, but Curran had demurred at the last moment, stubbornly refusing to come down a final notch in price.