shipwright

American  

[ship-rahyt] / ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

Shipbuilding.

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

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shipwright British  

/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

1. 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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shipwright

In a flashback, we see a young Franky literally try to stop a train with his bare hands to rescue Tom, the wrongly arrested shipwright who took him in as an orphan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

The crew is mostly women, which is a first for sailor and shipwright Allie Gretzinger.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023

Residents were listed as having a range of occupations, from grocer and carpenter to shipwright and pastor.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2021

Before he sailed, he gave his palace and all its goods to the shipwright—an ironic gift, since the palace and its goods, and presumably the shipwright, too, would be destroyed the next day.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

"Does Father know that you've married his shipwright?" he asked his sister.

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