Schwertschlepper — meaning in English
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English meaning
- rigger noun A person whose job is to set up and operate ropes, cables, chains and lifting gear, for example on a ship, a construction site, a concert stage or a film set.
Senses
Schwertschlepper is used for these senses in English:
- rigger A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
rigger — full definition
- noun A person whose job is to set up and operate ropes, cables, chains and lifting gear, for example on a ship, a construction site, a concert stage or a film set.
- noun A worker on an oil or gas drilling rig.
- noun A person who dishonestly fixes the outcome of something such as an election, a market or a contest.