flotel

/ fləʊˈtɛl /

noun

1. (in the oil industry) an oil rig or boat used as accommodation for workers in off-shore oil fields

Word History and Origins

Origin of flotel¹

C20: from float + hotel

Example Sentences

On the evening of 27 March 1980, their fathers were among 212 men aboard the Kielland, a French-built, semi-submersible platform named after a famous Norwegian writer, which served as a "flotel" for workers of the nearby Edda drilling rig.

From BBC

"The lifeboat did not work, the workers were not trained, then they put a 'flotel' on top without knowing the calculation of stability," Ms Tungland says, starting to stack the bricks.

From BBC

An original inquiry held behind closed doors a year later said the disaster, which saw 89 survive, was caused by a fatigue crack on a bracing holding one of the five legs supporting the so-called flotel.

From BBC

An official inquiry held behind closed doors said the 27 March disaster, which had 89 survivors, was caused by a fatigue crack on a bracing holding one of the five legs supporting the so-called flotel.

From BBC

On the rue de la Crosse, the Flotel of Bees becomes almost weightless for a moment, lifted in a spiral of flame, before it begins to rain in pieces back to the earth.

From Literature