deckhand/ˈdɛkˌhænd/EtymologyFrom deck + hand.nounA member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.A stagehand.“Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.”verbTo work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.“You deckhand for Old Sam in the summer, you guide climbers up the Big Bump in the spring, you can skin a Cat, mine for gold, butcher a moose, fix an engine.”