riggerˈrɪg ər
rigger (n)
- plural
- riggers
English Definitions:
rigger (noun)
someone who rigs ships
rigger, rigger brush (noun)
a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
rigger, oil rigger (noun)
someone who works on an oil rig
rigger (noun)
a sailing vessel with a specified rig
"a square rigger"
rigger (Noun)
One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
rigger (Noun)
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
rigger (Noun)
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
Rigger
A rigger is a person or company that specializes in the lifting and moving of extremely large or heavy objects. The term comes from the days of sailing ships, where a rigger was a person who worked with rigging, that is, ropes for hoisting the sails. Sailors could put their rope skills to work in lifting and hauling, in an era before mechanical haulage and cranes; ropes, pulleys and muscle power was all that was available to move anything. In time riggers and rigging became a trade in itself giving rise to the modern usage, with its roots all but forgotten. Riggers tend to be highly specialized to moving jobs that cannot be accomplished by ordinary means and use equipment expressly designed for moving and lifting objects weighing hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds or kilograms in places where ordinary material handling equipment cannot go. Because of the highly-specialized nature of the work riggers do, it is one of the few remaining occupations that can only be learned by apprenticeship. Riggers must work together as a cohesive team, and there must be an environment of trust among riggers because of the potentially dangerous nature of rigging.
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