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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.
shipwright
/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /
noun
- an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shipwright1
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Example Sentences
He complained that he had gone to see a great prince, and had found only an industrious shipwright.
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In all ages a great ship is a great wonder, representing for the time the final triumph of the shipwright's art.
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This friend was a foreman shipwright, who, since his return from America, had borne the name of Tom Robson.
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But she knew that was only because, like Peter the Great in a shipwright's yard, he was studying what he wanted to know.
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A Boston shipwright was sent South to select live oak, red cedar, and hard pine.
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