Definitions
Framework or crane used for lifting, especially around wells or ships.
Used in a sentence
“They count their ships full tale— / Their corn and oil and wine, / Derrick and loom and bale, / And rampart’s gun-flecked line; / City by City they hail: / “Hast aught to match with mine?””
“Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.”
“As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Oilfield tower”7 letters
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