Thesaurus: derrick

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1. n. A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building.
2. n. a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered
3. n. a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
4. A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.
5. A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays orguys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones inbuilding. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane,having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the loadhorizontally.
6. n:100 n. a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered n. a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom