Billy Pugh

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Billy Pugh, American deckhand who invented the device and founded the Billy Pugh Company in 1957.[1]

Noun

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Billy Pugh (plural Billy Pughs)

  1. A type of personnel basket for transferring people between vessels or other structures at sea or over water.
    • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
      The crew stood on the deck of the supply boat, waiting in silence for the crane to lower the "Billy Pugh".
    • 2008, Betty S. Veronico, Lighthouses of the Bay Area, Arcadia Publishing, page 42:
      Billy Pughs were used at many lighthouses.

References

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  1. ^ Billy Pugh Company wesbite[1]