riggers
Ship rope workers
Riggers are workers who set up and maintain rigging—the ropes, cables, chains, and pulleys used to lift, move, or support heavy loads.
In construction and shipping, riggers handle cranes and hoists.
In theater and film, they rig lighting and scenery.
In sailing, riggers work on a ship's masts and sails.
The term extends to anyone who assembles specialized equipment: parachute riggers, oil rig riggers.
Lifter or wader
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- tackleGear or takedown
derrick · jib · gantry · sheave · cable · chainfall · slings · straps
Straps controlling an animal
- carabinerSpring-gated metal link
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- belayAnchor a rope
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
descender · ascender · quickdraw · webbing · sling · camming · chock · nut
Overhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
reserve · drogue · slider · risers · toggles · AAD · container · pack
Connecting by interweaving ends
- knotsSecured loops in rope
- marlinspikePointed tool for splicing
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
deckhand · shipyard · stevedore · longshoreman · dockworker · wharf · towing · offshore
crane
Lifter or wader
tackle · derrick · jib · gantry · sheave · cable · chainfall · slings · straps · load
harness
Straps controlling an animal
anchor · descender · ascender · quickdraw · webbing · sling · camming · chock · nut · hex
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
jumpmaster · reserve · drogue · slider · risers · toggles · AAD · container · pack · cutaway
splicing
Connecting by interweaving ends
- knotsSecured loops in rope
- marlinspikePointed tool for splicing
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
mooring · deckhand · shipyard · stevedore · longshoreman · dockworker · wharf · towing · offshore · capstan
flies
Winged buzzing pests
- battensThin fastening strips
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
loft · curtain · scenery · drops · backdrops · lighting · trusses · motors · arbor · sandbags
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- show businessactors, actresses, directors, producers, entertainers
- rowingoars, oar, rowing, crew, scull
- Shipyardships, boats, drydock, dry dock, slipway
- theater crewstagehand, stagehands, stage hand, stage manager, stage managers
- tradesmenwelders, machinists, carpenters, plumbers, electricians
riggersoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
white-collar workers · clerks · administrators · bureaucrats · paper pushers
riggersstrikers
Those who cease work
dismantlers · performers · talent · actors · audience
- rigged electionFraudulently manipulated political contest
- rigged gameContest with predetermined outcome
- rigged systemUnfairly structured competition
- rigged to blow
- square riggedSails set crosswise
- fully riggedHaving complete sailing gear