boatbuilder

American  

[boht-bil-der] / ˈboʊtˌbɪl dər /

noun

1. a person who builds boats.

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Etymology

Origin of boatbuilder

First recorded in 1670–80; boat + builder

Example Sentences

This was thanks, in part, to the brilliance and expertise of the boatbuilder George Yeoman Pocock, who built his elegant rowing shells in an old Navy hangar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

And orders at one electric boatbuilder are backed up for almost three years.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

I donated film books from my filmmaker and actress girlfriend of almost four years, and the nautical books from my boatbuilder boyfriend who lived in a lighthouse on Long Island.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a fiberglass body.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

A large part of Pocock’s genius as a boatbuilder was that he managed to excel both as a maker of machines and as an artist.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown