erector

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The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a factory that produces transport erector launchers, or TELs, without saying when he went or where the factory is.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

In his free time, Calleia built Meccano erector set models and made models of military equipment, bridges and machinery.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

He recalls how, during the building work, a steel erector made a bet with his foreman that he would be the first to drive across the bridge.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022

Sears sold everything: feed for chickens, Whirlpool washing machines, as well as the nightgowns, watches and erector sets in the Christmas “wish book.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

The erector uses all the measuring tools used by the fitter or vice hand, and in addition many others, as stretched lines, the spirit-level and plumb-level.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua