derrickman means A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From derrick + man.
noun
- A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.“There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder.”