JACK-UP


Meaning of JACK-UP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjak-ˌəp ]

noun

Date: 1965

: a drilling rig used in offshore drilling whose drilling platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct drilling operations

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