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ˈricker orig. Naut.
[Perh. ad. G. rick (pl. ricke, ricken) pole.]
A spar or pole made out of the stem of a young tree (see quots.).
1820Scoresby Arct. Regions I. 511 Rickers, poles, or other wood for harpoon and lance-stocks. 1846Young Naut. Dict. 250. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Rickers, the stems or trunks of young trees, a kind of spars imported into Denmark, etc. from the north. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 572 Rickers, lengths of stout poles cut up for the purpose of stowing flax, hemp, and the like. Spars supplied for boats' masts and yards, boat-hook staves, &c. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 20 Posts..driven into the ground at such an angle over the fire that when the rickers, on which the birds were hung, were laid into them, the fat dripping from the upper tier missed the one below. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 724/2 Rickers, round timber of less than 2½ in. diameter in the middle. 1958N.Z. Timber Jrnl. May 56/2 Ricker: (a) A long pole or sapling used for handling floating timber at the docks. (b) A kauri tree in the pole stage, N.Z. |