shipfitter

[ ship-fit-er ]

nounShipbuilding.
  1. a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.

Origin of shipfitter

1
First recorded in 1940–45; ship1 + fitter

Words Nearby shipfitter

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