shipwright
pronunciation
How to pronounce shipwright in British English: UK ['ʃɪpraɪt]
How to pronounce shipwright in American English: US [ 'ʃɪp,raɪt]
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- Noun:
- a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
Word Origin
- shipwright (n.)
- Old English scipwyrhta; see ship (n.) + wright (n.).
Example
- 1. And a thief who wants to be a shipwright .
- 2. The daughter of a shipwright in the royal navy , elizabeth marsh had her first sailing adventure as she travelled in her mother 's womb from jamaica to england in 1735 .