A severe stiffening/cramping of the joints/muscles suffered by people who attach hoisting-cables for the huge timbers that are used to build old-fashioned post-and-beam ("mortise-and-tenon") structures.
I overdid it while helping my Amish friends do a barn-raising yesterday, and now I have rigger mortise.
by QuacksO July 18, 2018
by Saintswamps July 07, 2021