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ˈship-ˌcarpenter
Also ship's.
A carpenter employed in the building or repairing of ships.
1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 22 §1 An other Ship Carpynter called an Hewer by the day iiijd. with mete and drinke. a1583in Halliwell Rara Math. (1841) 33 A litle Boke of Statick. Whiche Booke..hath..helpped the capacityes, bothe of some sea men, and allso shipp carpenters. 1664Evelyn Sylva xxi. 57 There is a way which some Ship-Carpenters in those Countries have us'd to bring their Tar into Pitch for any sudden use. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. vi. 200 A ship-carpenter in the yard at Portsmouth. 179831st Rep. Sel. Comm. Finance App. (1803) XIII. 494 Masters, Boat⁓swains, &c... Ships Carpenters..Sailmakers. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 41 A most gallant vessel..made by the ablest ship-carpenters of Amsterdam. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iii, A ship-carpenter is kept constantly at work during good weather, on board vessels which are in..perfect sea order. 1862D. Wilson Preh. Man vi, The ancient tools of the prehistoric ship-carpenter.
Hence ˈship-ˌcarpentry, the business, practice, or art of a ship-carpenter; also, the work turned out by him.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 127 Ship-Carpentry..is the Art..of composing a Ship, not out of one but several thousand pieces of Wood and Iron. 1862D. Wilson Preh. Man vi, The ancient alluvium of the river Clyde has supplied an unusually rich store of illustrations of primitive ship-carpentry. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 251 You take ship-carpentry for pilotage. |