gaffer

Definition

A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

Etymology

From gaff (“hook”) + -er. * (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps. * (glass)

Example Sentences

• "The apprentice carries a gather of glass on the blowpipe to the gaffer's bench […]"