rigging loft
Britishnoun
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a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
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a loft in a theatre from which scenery, etc, is raised and lowered
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America's newest and most modern fireproof playhouse was not going to disappear before an insignificant fire in the rigging loft.
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In the model room, and in the rigging loft, the apprentice seamen, the title borne by Frank and Ned, were taught how to coil down gear, make knots and splices, as well as hitches, and how to manage sails.
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The roof of the stage over the rigging loft is a huge skylight, opened or closed from the stage.
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The space on top of the gridiron is called the rigging loft.
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Then there are men up in the rigging loft, who attend to the flies and the curtain wheel, and various assistants, at salaries of $20 and $10.
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