rigger.
One who rigs or dresses; as:
Meaning & usage
One who rigs or dresses; as: One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
One who rigs or dresses; as: One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.
One who rigs or dresses; as: One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
A worker on an oil rig.
One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
A ship with a certain type of rigging.
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English rig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rigger From rig + -er.
Ellipsis of outrigger.
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