shipwright

American

[ship-rahyt] / ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

Shipbuilding.

a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.

shipwright British

/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels

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Etymology

Origin of shipwright

before 1100; Middle English; Old English scipwyrhta. See ship ¹, wright

Example Sentences

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“We cannot in good conscience continue to work with Tripwire under the current leadership structure,” Shipwright Studios wrote a mere 24 hours after Gibson’s tweet.

From The Verge • Sep. 7, 2021

"While your politics are your own, the moment you make them a matter of public discourse you entangle all of those working for and with you," Shipwright Studios said.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2021

The next day, Shipwright Studios, a co-development services studio, tweeted that they would be canceling any contracts they had with Tripwire.

From The Verge • Sep. 7, 2021

The wreck of one of those ships, possibly the 300-ton transport Shipwright, was found in 1978 near the wreck of the Charon.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2019

He thought of Sigrin the Shipwright, a thick-bodied, thick-witted man, flaxen hair already receding from a pimpled brow, and shook his head.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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