noun
- tall framework structures used for lifting heavy objects, especially in construction or oil drilling
Usage: plural of derrick
Examples
- The oil derricks dotted the landscape across the drilling field.
- Construction workers used derricks to lift steel beams into place.
- Several derricks were visible from the highway near the industrial site.
- The port had multiple derricks for loading and unloading cargo ships.
- Old derricks from abandoned oil wells still stood in the desert.
- The company installed new derricks to increase drilling capacity.