rigger, rigger brush
(noun) a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
rigger
(noun) a sailing vessel with a specified rig; “a square rigger”
rigger
(noun) someone who rigs ships
rigger, oil rigger
(noun) someone who works on an oil rig
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rigger (plural riggers)
One who rigs or dresses; as
One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
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.
(animation) One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
(NZ) 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.
Abbreviation
rigger (plural riggers)
(paraskiing) Ellipsis of outrigger.
Source: Wiktionary
Rig"ger, n.
1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
