shipwright

The Chews got into the logging business because they’re builders and shipwrights and it was too expensive to bring up timber from Washington.
Loggers could soon slice through one of the most important forests in the US|By Bjorn Dihle/ Outdoor Life|September 30, 2020|Popular-Science
He complained that he had gone to see a great prince, and had found only an industrious shipwright.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
In all ages a great ship is a great wonder, representing for the time the final triumph of the shipwright's art.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
This friend was a foreman shipwright, who, since his return from America, had borne the name of Tom Robson.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland

But she knew that was only because, like Peter the Great in a shipwright's yard, he was studying what he wanted to know.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
A Boston shipwright was sent South to select live oak, red cedar, and hard pine.
Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell

British Dictionary definitions for shipwright

shipwright

/ (ˈʃɪpˌraɪt) /

noun

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

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