munitionette
n.— «Visitors will also be invited to try their hand at being a “munitionette,” a term used to describe the women who put together explosive shells on the assembly line.» —“Explosive exhibition makes a bang” BBC News (United Kingdom) Jan. 19, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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