erector

Example Sentences

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“It comes apart like a big erector set.”

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 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

In What Next for the Wellerman? he tells how he had to quit his building trade job as a steel erector after having panic attacks.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

The rules were changed to level the playing field and shooters have since turned their rifles into erector sets, attaching risers, weights, extenders and apertures to the main components to shoot pellets with laser-like precision.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2021

Microscopes which have a draw tube can be furnished with an erector, an instrument so called because it erects the images, which the microscope has turned upside down, through the crossing of the rays.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.