derrick

== English == === Etymology === Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛɹɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Homophone: Derek === Noun === derrick (plural derricks) A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects. A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes. Synonym: oil derrick (obsolete) An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== crane === Verb === derrick (third-person singular simple present derricks, present participle derricking, simple past and past participle derricked) (transitive) To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick. (transitive, baseball, informal) To remove (a pitcher). === References === For "hangman": 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English derrick. === Noun === derrick m (plural derricks) derrick === Further reading === “derrick”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012