Meaning of Derrick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
2. A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
3. A surname.
4. A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
5. An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
   obsolete

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Examples

“They count their ships full tale— / Their corn and oil and wine, / Derrick and loom and bale, / And rampart’s gun-flecked line; / City by City they hail: / “Hast aught to match with mine?””

“At some places it is possible to load or discharge a vessel without any expenditure on docks or wharves, by dealing with the cargo by hand, or by the ships derricks, or by means of floating discharging appliances while the vessel it moored to buoys in a tideway. […] At low tide it may be impracticable to use a ship's derricks [at a berth].”

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