Derrick: alternatives and connections

A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.

A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…

A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a tops…

Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a si…

A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A…

Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.

The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building,…

The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.