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boatwright en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English botwright, botwrythe, equivalent to boat + wright.

Meanings

1. A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
   • From the early fourteenth century onwards, the hospital employed a cook and his assistant, along with an assortment of hired hands, including a laundress, a palfreyman, a boatwright, a smith and a swineherd. 1999, Carole Rawcliffe, Medicine for the Soul:

Forms

Translations (6)

ru шлю́почный ма́стер (maker of wooden boats) · ja 船工 (maker of wooden boats) · nb båtbygger (maker of wooden boats) · fi veneenveistäjä (maker of wooden boats) · da bådebygger (maker of wooden boats) · ja 船大工 (maker of wooden boats)