shipwright

[ship-rahyt]

noun Shipbuilding.

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

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

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Historical Examples of shipwright

There was once a shipwright, and he wrought in a Government Yard, and his name was Chips.
The Uncommercial Traveller
Charles Dickens
And when you want to buy a ship, the shipwright or the pilot would be better?
The Republic
Plato
What is he that builds stronger than either the mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter?
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Who builds stronger than a mason, a shipwright, or a carpenter?
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
You are hard as the axe which a shipwright wields at his work, and cleaves the timber to his liking.
The Iliad
Homer

British Dictionary definitions for shipwright

shipwright

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for shipwright

Old English scipwyrhta; see ship (n.) + wright (n.).