Billy Pugh
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Billy Pugh, American deckhand who invented the device and founded the Billy Pugh Company in 1957.[1]
Noun
editBilly Pugh (plural Billy Pughs)
- 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.