shipwright
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shipwright
before 1100; Middle English; Old English scipwyrhta. See ship 1, wright
Example Sentences
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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
Though she works on all kinds of projects, Newsom, the granddaughter of a shipwright, said she has worked on more than 200 shipwrecks in her career and enjoys them.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2018
Raines returned with a shipwright, and, later, with John Bratten and Greg Cook, professors in the anthropology department at the University of West Florida who have studied Southern shipwreck sites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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