'Rigger' definitions:
Definition of 'rigger'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who rigs ships
noun
A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn: rigger, rigger brush]
noun
Someone who works on an oil rig [syn: rigger, oil rigger]
noun
A sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"
Definition of 'Rigger'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]