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derrick: A device for hoisting and lowering loads,having a boom pivoted at its heel,the head of which may be swung(within the limits imposed by the heel pivot and/or the operating machinery)in a horizontal or a vertical plane.The boom may be slewed into any position by means of guys as desired.The operating machinery is fixed to the ship`s structure and is independent of the boom.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

derrick: hoisting apparatus employing a tackle rigged at the end of a beam
Category: Transport

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