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buck hoist

buck hoist noun: an external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.

Noun

buck hoist (plural buck hoists)

  1. An external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.

Forms of buck hoist

pluralbuck hoists
alternative formbuckhoist
alternative formbuck-hoist

Origin of buck hoist

From Buck, the surname of American inventor Steward T. Buck, president of Buck Equipment Corp. Buck filed a patent for a "portable hoisting tower" in 1950 (approved in 1953), and the device was produced under the trademark "Buck hoist tower" or "HoisTower" from at least 1952 to 1975, when the company was acquired by Bil-Jax.

Questions about buck hoist

What does buck hoist mean?
Buck hoist means an external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.
What part of speech is buck hoist?
Buck hoist is a noun.
What is the plural of buck hoist?
The plural of buck hoist is buck hoists.

Words near buck hoist in the dictionary

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  6. buck hoist
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  8. Buck House
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  10. Buck Island
  11. Buck Meadows

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