rigger
- noun
- /ˈrɪɡər/
:
aparejador (náutico)
- The experienced rigger carefully fitted the sails and ropes onto the ship before departure.
Examples
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Donald twisted again, and this time the rigger's knife fell from his pocket onto Flanagan's chest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rigger Karl Boerth, dead.
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In the morning, he went to a ship chandlery near the docks and bought a sharp rigger's knife, then returned to his rooming house and took a coat from his landlady's closet.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the shipbuilding process, the rigger was responsible for attaching all the necessary rigging.
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As a skilled rigger, she ensured that the masts were securely fastened to withstand strong winds.
Synonyms
A sailor who works high on a ship's mast to handle sails and ropes
A crew member who ties ropes to pins on a ship
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rigger comes from the verb rig, which means 'to set up' or 'make ready' the ropes and sails on a ship. So a rigger is the person who fits and cares for a ship's rigging, which is why the word means a ship worker who handles ropes and masts.