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shipcarving en · NOUN

Etymology

From ship + carving.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:sculpture, uncountable) The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads.
   • The number of workshops working exclusively on shipcarving began to decline, but this did not immediately affect the quality of what they produced. 2006 February, Richard Hunter, “The carver's art at the ship's prow: a superbly illustrated new book rescues the figurehead sculptor's legacy from the misnomer of 'folk art'.”, in Apollo:
2. (qualifier:sculpture, uncountable) An individual carving of this kind.

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