shipwright

pronunciation

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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 .

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