Noun

(en noun)

(pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.

(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.

* 1995 , Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim (page 85)

In winds above 10 knots we usually run wing-and-wing with our 100 percent lapper set on a whisker pole opposite the mainsail. As the wind drops, we get out the drifter and set it flying to leeward (Fig. 1).

* 1999 , Lin Pardey, ?Larry Pardey, Cost Conscious Cruiser: Champagne Cruising on a Beer Budget

After trying a variety of light-wind sails, we've found the most versatile and simple one to be a nylon drifter .

* 2000 , Jim Howard, ?Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising (page 178)

Some people recommend a medium- to lightweight 140- or 150-percent headsail, and others go for a drifter /reacher.

(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.

* 2006 , Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer (page 32)

However, sensing the available traction may actually be more important to a drifter .

* 2007 , Calvin Wan, Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook (page 132)

For professional drifters looking for even more fine-tuning of their suspension setups, some companies offer more advanced two-way adjustable shocks

* 2009 , Michael Bender, The Fast, the Fraudulent and the Fatal (page 50)

While this method is used by a few drifters in rear-wheel drive cars, this technique is really the only way one can drift in a front-wheel drive car.

Noun

(en noun)

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}

(label) A modern-day gypsy, tinker, caravan dweller, etc.

(label) A member of the nomadic ethnic minority.

A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.

(label) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.