shipwright

American  

[ship-rahyt] / ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

Shipbuilding.

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.

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shipwright British  

/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of shipwright

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

Example Sentences

In a flashback, we see a young Franky literally try to stop a train with his bare hands to rescue Tom, the wrongly arrested shipwright who took him in as an orphan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

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

Many Jensen employees, blindsided by the sale, were unsure whether to join together in a collective effort or go solo as independent contractors, says Julie Inglish, a 30-year-old former Jensen shipwright.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2019

“A wheelwright or a shipwright makes more money than a playwright, ” Anne told William. pneumonia.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner