[syn: rigger, oil rigger]
4. a sailing vessel with a specified rig;
- Example: "a square rigger"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rigger \Rig"ger\, n.
1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit
the rigging of a ship.
[1913 Webster]
2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
3. (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for
making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its
use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the
rigging.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rigger
n 1: someone who rigs ships
2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn:
rigger, rigger brush]
3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: rigger, oil rigger]
4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"