ship chandler
noun
a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
ship chandlery
-
a word derived from
ship chandler.
Example Sentences
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Just twenty-one or so, both of them, and they had the biggest ship chandlery in Salem.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
On either hand as one entered were the rows of hanging oilskins, storm boots, miscellaneous clothing and ship chandlery that made up only a part of Cap'n Abe's stock.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by James A. Cooper
Henry Austin, afterwards a partner with William Stairs in ship chandlery, Water Street, south of the fuel yard, and John Owen, shop keeper and shipping merchant.
From History of Halifax City by Thomas B. Akins
With his wife and family he moved south to Alexandria, where he set up in the ship chandlery business with his sons.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore
From this place vessels are fitted out for Polar expeditions, which creates a certain amount of local business in the ship chandlery line.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
