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drill rig en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An oil rig.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drill, rig.
    • In sandy strata, 7 to 9 inches diameter holes are drilled with a percussion type drill rig. 1979, Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Irrigation canals: planning, design, construction, and maintenance:
    • As no standard drill rig for 38-mm holes was available, Atlas Copco developed the Trakker 526, a drill rig for small-hole drilling that was adapted to narrow vein mining 2001, William A. Hustrulid, Richard L. Bullock, Underground Mining Methods, page 224:

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