shipwright

[ ship-rahyt ]

nounShipbuilding.
  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.

Origin of shipwright

1
before 1100; Middle English; Old English scipwyrhta.See ship1, wright

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British Dictionary definitions for shipwright

shipwright

/ (ˈʃɪpˌraɪt) /


noun
  1. an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels

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