Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that rigs.
- noun Nautical A ship with a specific kind of rigging.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who rigs; specifically, one whose occupation is the fitting of the rigging of ships.
- noun In machinery: A band-wheel having a slightly curved rim.
- noun A fast-and-loose pulley.
- noun A long-pointed sable brush used for painting, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
- noun rare A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
- noun (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
- noun A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
- noun A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who works on an oil rig
- noun a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
- noun someone who rigs ships
- noun a sailing vessel with a specified rig
Etymologies
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Examples
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When one delinquent was identified as a rigger of sails, a curious collection agent searched his name and the term online and found a discussion board used by local riggers.
Is 'Friending' in Your Future? Better Pay Your Taxes First 2009
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A rigger is a guy who crawls up the beams to the stress points of the building and connects the cables to hang our sound system and lights over the stage.
Willie Nelson, Willie & Shrake, Edwin Bud 1992
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The out-rigger, which is always kept to windward, acting by its weight at the end of so long a lever, prevents the vessel from turning over by the pressure of the sail; or, should the wind shift suddenly, so as to bring the sail aback, the buoyancy of the floating log would prevent the canoe from upsetting on that side by retaining the out-rigger horizontal.
The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862
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The other kind of rigger will often use the wire in such a way as to allow the turnbuckle, to the "eyes" of which the wires are attached, to unscrew a quarter of a turn or more, with the result that the correct adjustment of the wires may be lost; and upon their fine adjustment much depends.
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The other kind of rigger will often use the wire in such a way as to allow the turnbuckle, to the "eyes" of which the wires are attached, to unscrew a quarter of a turn or more, with the result that the correct adjustment of the wires may be lost; and upon their fine adjustment much depends.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1919
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The other kind of rigger will often use the wire in such a way as to allow the turnbuckle, to the "eyes" of which the wires are attached, to unscrew a quarter of a turn or more, with the result that the correct adjustment of the wires may be lost; and upon their fine adjustment much depends.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1917
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Moving from Beaufort, South Carolina, to Charleston in '51, he was employed as "rigger," thereby getting a knowledge of ships and the life of sailors.
A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, With a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia. Edward Austin 1890
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In 1851 he moved to Charleston, where he worked as a "rigger" and thus became familiar with ships and the life of a sailor by actual experience.
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Following his recovery Paul was posted to the Joint Services Parachute Centre to train as a "rigger", maintaining and packing parachutes.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2010
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Following his recovery Paul was posted to the Joint Services Parachute Centre to train as a "rigger", maintaining and packing parachutes.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2010
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