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shipwright

[ ship-rahyt ]

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.


shipwright

/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

  1. an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shipwright1

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

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