drifter

A person who moves from place to place or job to job.

There are drifters painting beside you / They don't see the future that I do

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

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).

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

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.

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

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

A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.

As we circled the area, the Dakota appeared and dropped a drifter.

[…] a circling Beverley dropped parachutists in small groups — a few hard words were said about R.A.F. organisation. The time came at last for the first four to get into the balloon car. First out was a drifter — an experienced parachutist who jumps first to assess conditions by allowing himself to drift at random.

A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.

One who takes part in drift fishing.

A boat used for drift fishing.