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Definitions of derricks in various dictionaries:

noun - a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

noun - a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

noun - a hoisting apparatus

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Possible Crossword Clues
Oil field sights
Revolutionary returns with neck strains from lifting devices over oil wells
Frameworks over oil wells
Turns up, revolutionary loses head with practical jokes utilised by boring types
Cranes
Oil field structures

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Dec 11 2017 USA Today
May 23 2016 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Jan 20 2016 USA Today
Jun 11 2015 Irish Times (Simplex)
Jul 3 2013 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Oct 30 2010 Irish Times (Simplex)
May 22 2007 L.A. Times Daily
Jun 13 2006 The Telegraph - Quick

Possible Dictionary Clues
Plural form of derrick.
a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm for moving heavy weights, especially on a ship.
A kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm for moving heavy weights, especially on a ship.
The framework over an oil well or similar boring, holding the drilling machinery.

Derricks might refer to
A Derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a boom hinged at its base to provide articulation, as in a stiffleg derrick. * The most basic type of derrick is controlled by three or four lines connected to the top of the mast, which allow it both to move laterally and cant up and down. To lift a load, a separate line runs up and over the mast with a hook on its free end, as with a crane.Forms of derricks are commonly found aboard ships and at docking facilities. Some large derricks are mounted on dedicated vessels, and known as floating derricks and sheerlegs. * The term derrick is also applied to the framework supporting a drilling apparatus in an oil rig.The derrick derives its name from a type of gallows named after Thomas Derrick, an Elizabethan era English executioner.

Derricks might refer to

A Derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a boom hinged at its base to provide articulation, as in a stiffleg derrick.
* The most basic type of derrick is controlled by three or four lines connected to the top of the mast, which allow it both to move laterally and cant up and down. To lift a load, a separate line runs up and over the mast with a hook on its free end, as with a crane.Forms of derricks are commonly found aboard ships and at docking facilities. Some large derricks are mounted on dedicated vessels, and known as floating derricks and sheerlegs.
* The term derrick is also applied to the framework supporting a drilling apparatus in an oil rig.The derrick derives its name from a type of gallows named after Thomas Derrick, an Elizabethan era English executioner.

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