English Explanatory Dictionary

derrickhand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A worker on an oil rig, working on a raised platform from which they guide instruments in and out of the well.

Word forms

derrickhand derrickhands

Etymology

From derrick + hand.

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