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suo motu n.— «The Petroleum Ministry, on the other hand, has been maintaining that the DGH was not a regulator in the statutory sense, as it did not take suo motu cognisance but only took up cases referred to it by the Ministry...
monkey board n.— «The men were injured when a finger came out of a monkey board knocking both men down and falling across them.» —“Two Men Injured In Oil Field Accident” in Raymondville Valley Morning...
monkey board n.— «Everything was icy and visibility was restricted to the bottom of the derrick—far below the monkey board, the little platform where I was to work.» —“The Tyranny of the Should” by Karl Laiho in...
monkey board n. a small or narrow elevated platform on which a person stands (to operate a vehicle or machinery, or to perform other work). Editorial Note: While early in its history monkey board referred to a conductor’s place on wheeled vehicles...
rat hole n.— «She also started to learn the offshore patois used to describe the different parts of the platform: the dog house, the monkey board, the rat hole, the cat walk.» —“Taking oil painting to a whole new...
dog house n.— «She also started to learn the offshore patois used to describe the different parts of the platform: the dog house, the monkey board, the rat hole, the cat walk.» —“Taking oil painting to a whole new...