Meanings
nounstabbing board (plural stabbing boards)
plural stabbing boards
- oil industryA temporary platform erected in a derrick on which a derrickhand stands to run in casing.
The derrickman releases the "stabbing board", a pivoting plank like a diving board, then walks out to the very end and, wearing a safety harness called a "belly buster", leans out at a horrific angle to make sure the pipe is lined up straight.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 68
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