rigger brush
- noun
- /ˈrɪɡər brʌʃ/
- Specialized
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pincel rigger
- I bought a new rigger brush for my painting.
Examples
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The artist used a rigger brush to create the delicate lines of the ship's rigging.
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The artist used a rigger brush to add fine details.
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For painting long, thin branches, a rigger brush is the perfect tool.
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She carefully dipped her rigger brush into the ink before sketching fine details.
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To create fine details on the ship's sails, the artist chose a rigger brush for its precision.
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Using a rigger brush allowed him to paint the intricate rigging on the model ship.
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The painter relied on a rigger brush to achieve the delicate lines needed for the mast's decorations.
Synonyms
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A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, or arranging hair
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A tool with soft hairs for putting paint on a surface
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A painting tool with soft sable hairs that makes fine, flexible points
A long thin brush with a pointed tip used for painting fine lines
How Fine
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'rigger' names a specific kind of fine sable painting tool and 'brush' names the instrument, so 'rigger brush' straightforwardly denotes that particular type of brush used for fine lines. This noun+noun type-denoting pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer the meaning.
Etymology
The rigger brush gets its name from the ship 'rigging', the thin ropes, because painters used a long, thin brush to paint those lines. So today rigger brush means a long, pointed brush for painting 'fine lines' and small details.