Derrickman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
"There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder."
Example
More examples"There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder."
Etymology
From derrick + man.
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