loftsman

American

[lawfts-muhn, lofts-] / ˈlɔfts mən, ˈlɒfts- /

noun

Shipbuilding.

a person who prepares molds and patterns.

loftsman British

/ ˈlɒftsmən /

noun

a person who reproduces in actual size a draughtsman's design for a ship or an aircraft, working on the floor of a building ( mould loft ) with a large floor area

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Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

loftsmen

plural

Etymology

Origin of loftsman

First recorded in 1900–05; loft + 's ¹ + man

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loftsmen

Even after he became a millionaire, he often brought his own lunch pail to work, ate outside with the loftsmen and mechanics.

From Time Magazine Archive

As we passed the shipyard where the loftsmen raised the shape of a hull according to the measurements of a model, he taught me the secret of numerical proportions and scale.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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