We reached the sea-shore, and embarked in a large double canoe, with an out-rigger to prevent her capsizing.
I found, however, on application, that I could obtain employment as a rigger in the dockyard; and in that work I spent some years.
He was not without some employment, and earned sufficient for their mutual maintenance by working as a rigger on board of the ships fitting for sea; and he adhered to this means of livelihood until something better should present itself.
Without recommendation he could not obtain the situation of mate, and he continued to work as a rigger in the docks, until his hand was unfortunately severely jammed by the heel of a topmast, and he was laid up for many weeks.
A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, usually serving to extend the mizen.
An iron out-rigger to keep a block clear of the ship's side.
As a matter of fact, out-rigger canoes were not known in this locality, though but 20 miles to the north hollowed logs with out-riggers of the stems of banana plants were common.
The grandfathers of the blacks of Hinchinbrook Island and the islands of Rockingham Bay have been popularly credited with the art of making out-rigger canoes, such as were common a few miles to the north.
The rigger at once placed Jack at work with one of the gangs, and he worked steadily until four bells sounded, and the men knocked off.
I will speak to the head-rigger myself, and tell him you want to learn your business, and are ready to do anything that he likes to set you to; and as you have been already two years at the work he will not find you a lubber.
The tenant then marches, and the thimble-rigger decamps, each in search of fresh fields and flats new.
In order to carry it out methodically, the rigger should have a list of every part down to the smallest split-pin.
It may possibly be due to the fuselage being out of truth, but of course the rigger should have made quite sure that the fuselage was true before rigging the rest of the machine.
The rigger should not attempt to make A and B merely the sockets of the outer struts, as they may not have been placed quite accurately by the manufacturer.
For an expert riggerwill always use the locking wire in such a way as to oppose the slightest tendency of the turnbuckle to unscrew.
After every flight the riggershould pass his hand over the control cables and carefully examine them near pulleys.
Every time an aeroplane comes down from flight the rigger should carefully examine the cables, especially where they pass round pulleys.
I hearn, Caleb, that the new wife left ye for that young riggerwhat got his face smashed.
The young rigger had been blown against the shrouds, and the iron foot-rest had laid open his cheek and forehead.
Although the young rigger had been but a short time on the captain's force, he had employed every leisure moment of it in making himself agreeable to the wives of the men.
The young rigger was at work around the cars on the dock.
The young rigger opened his well eye, and the pale cheek flushed scarlet as he saw Caleb's face bending over him.
The young rigger stepped back, and turned his head.
At the reverse extremity of this axle, there is another small rigger 1, from which a band passes to a wheel 2, fixed on the axle 3, which crosses near the middle of the machine, seen in fig.
The rigger g, which moves this endless band, is actuated by bevel geer, seen at i, which is put in motion by a pinion at the end of a revolving shaft leading from a steam engine.
A main shaft, driven by a band and rigger as usual, brings, as it revolves, a cam into operation upon a lever which carries a double inclined plane or wedge in its front or acting part.
The motion imparted to the back roller by the band pulley or rigger m, was conveyed to the front one by toothed wheel work.
The driving rigger or pulley a, is fixed upon the front roller b, commonly called the drawing roller, because when pressed upon by the upper wooden roller c, it draws out the fibres between them.
The driving power, a horse or steam-engine, is communicated by a band to a rigger on the short axle i; which axle carries a pinion, taking into one of the wheels of the train.
The inner end of the out-rigger should fit to a cleat, and be lashed to the cross-tree by a lanyard.
Through the medley of horns, syrens, and whistles that had been sounding through the fog, four short blasts caught the ear of a rigger who leaned against the outward capstan bollard.
The blasts sounded again, and he turned and looked at the foremanrigger behind him.
This results in his missing the whole of his beginning, striking the water at right-angles to his rigger instead of well behind it, and having absolutely no firmness of drive when it becomes necessary for him to use his legs.
Each one of the brothers had been a master builder and rigger and a navigator of ships in every part of the world.
As soon as these changes have been made, away spins the little fairy bark on her new course, but always keeping the same side, or that on which the out-rigger is placed to windward.
It will be easily understood that the pressure of the sail has a tendency to lift the weight at the extremity of the out-rigger above the surface of the water.
To remedy this, the bowsprit has been devised, chiefly as an out-rigger for the fore-stay.
Old wreckage of every description, ancient crockery, and even a water-logged, old square-rigger that must have sunk years before were brought one day as far as the surface by the stout wire warp.
At the end of two hours they came upon a square-rigger with her decks just awash, and six men clinging to her rigging.
Their canoes were neatly made, and of various sizes, with an out-rigger to balance them.
Oh, here, Flight--I want you and my rigger and my fitter.
A local rigger had come a little earlier and was still there, estimating the cost for lifting up the contents of the mould and lowering it precisely in place to be buried as a bomb shelter under test should be.
Sandy, you make inquiries for a rigger to lift and move the bomb shelter into its hole when it's ready.
Far to the west a square-rigger was lying becalmed; the C.
He knows all about navigation, but he couldn't put a square-rigger about, and that has damned him in the eyes of owners and sailormen.
My glass revealed a large out-rigger canoe which, driven by a fair wind and urged by the flashing paddles of its dozen or more occupants, was throwing the foam over its bow so swiftly was it sliding through the water.
On it darted like the flash of a sunbeam, a smoke of spray rising from its bows and the floundering out-rigger trailing like a broken wing.
When the shower had passed, she exclaimed, "Now I am going to be a parachute rigger always, for I know just how much it means!
They say it's not really required that a parachute rigger should take parachute training, but that if they do take it, and if they do take just one drop, they make better riggers.
The rigger is the one who packs them into their bags.
I don't want to frighten you but, because of the great importance of their work, and so they will realize to the full just how important it is, there is talk of having each parachute rigger make at least one parachute landing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rigger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: builder; craftsman; galleon; junk; lineman; mechanic; vessel; yacht
