rigger
Hoisting equipment specialist
A rigger is someone who sets up or works with rigging—the ropes, cables, chains, and pulleys used to support, lift, or move heavy objects.
In theater and film, riggers handle lighting and scenery.
In construction and shipping, they prepare loads for cranes.
In sailing, riggers maintain a ship's masts and lines.
In BDSM contexts, a rigger is someone skilled in bondage rope work: She's an experienced rigger who teaches shibari classes.
Lifter or wader
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- hoistRaise with tackle
sling · choker · tagline · signalman · banksman · boom · jib · hook
Sail-hoisting tackle
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
- stayRemain in position
- ratlineRope step on rigging
- blockSolid mass, or impede
tackle · deadeye · lanyard · turnbuckle · splice · marlinspike · bosun · yardarm
Overhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- containerThing for storing items
- drogueTowed deceleration device
- sliderAdjustable interface element
risers · toggles · cutaway · reserve · AAD · packing · jumpmaster · manifest
Strip for securing
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- arborGarden trellis structure
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- loftSpace beneath the roof
scenery · curtain · backdrop · scrim · cyclorama · traveler · drop · leg
Internal supportive framework
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- deformationChange in shape
mesh · armature · constraint · controller · motion-capture · keyframe · bind · pose
crane
Lifter or wader
hoist · sling · choker · tagline · signalman · banksman · boom · jib · hook · swivel
halyard
Sail-hoisting tackle
block · tackle · deadeye · lanyard · turnbuckle · splice · marlinspike · bosun · yardarm · footrope
canopy
Overhead protective covering
slider · risers · toggles · cutaway · reserve · AAD · packing · jumpmaster · manifest · deployment
batten
Strip for securing
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- arborGarden trellis structure
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
loft · scenery · curtain · backdrop · scrim · cyclorama · traveler · drop · leg · border
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- skinningRemoving outer covering
deformation · mesh · armature · constraint · controller · motion-capture · keyframe · bind · pose · pivot
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- circus workersacrobat, clown, ringmaster, trapeze artist, lion tamer
- construction workersconstruction worker, laborer, foreman, site foreman, site supervisor
- event servicesevent planner, coordinator, bridal consultant, festival organizer, catering manager
- film crewcinematographer, director, gaffer, editor, grip
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, manual worker
- vote riggingManipulating election outcomes dishonestly
- election riggingFraudulent outcome manipulation
- rigged electionFraudulently manipulated political contest
- rigged gameContest with predetermined outcome
- rigged systemUnfairly structured competition
- rigging up