homebuiltadj.n.
/ˌhəʊmˈbɪlt/, U.S. /ˌhoʊmˈbɪlt/ A. adj.
1. Esp. of a ship: built in one's own country; not foreign-made or imported.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built in specific place
Clyde-built1582
English-built1622
homebuilt1676
British-built1707
1676 Rep. Fr. Capers 4 Aug. in A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (1678) 59 With their own home-built Ships.
1793 T. Jefferson Ship Passports 3 May in Papers (1992) XXV. 645 The laws..for the encouragement of ship-building, have given to home-built vessels the exclusive privilege of being registered and paying lighter duties.
1859 J. C. Hamilton Hist. Republic U.S.A. III. xli. 130 A carriage tax, which was charged per wheel on all home-built coaches, and was more than doubled on imported carriages.
1880 Penn Monthly Mar. 228 The foreign-built ship admitted to registry here would thenceforth sail at the same expense per month as the home-built.
1912 Automobile 8 Aug. 294 (heading) Fleets of home-built vehicles enable Italians to wage effective war in enemy's country.
1997 E. Lacroix & L. Wells Japanese Cruisers of Pacific War 738 Many problems were encountered with the home-built, and with some of the imported, turbine sets.
2. Built by oneself, rather than bought from a factory or shop; homemade.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > made, grown, etc., at home
home1552
homemade1565
homegrown1645
home-cooked1811
homebuilt1819
house-made1836
1819 Ann. Reg. 1818 Manners 473/1 Their farming establishment consists of a small cottage.., a hovel used for a barn, a home-built waggon, and two or three small fawn-coloured cows.
1865 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 358/2 Those few acres which the oxen had by this time traversed with the home-built harrow.
1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 554/5 His home-built contraption for ‘buzzin'’ wood.
1972 Pop. Mech. May 89/1 Thousands of homebuilt aircraft are flying—and the number is growing.
2005 Smithsonian Aug. 21/1 Hundreds of drivers congregate in sweltering desert heat to race candy-colored, homebuilt hot rods on hard-packed salt.
B. n.
Originally U.S. An aircraft built or assembled by an individual or small group of people as opposed to a commercial manufacturer.
ΚΠ
1955 Frederick (Maryland) Post 22 Mar. 12/3 The home-builts burst into bud with colorful names, such as Midget Mustang, Flea Triplane, Flying Carpet, [etc.].
1969 Pop. Mech. May 208/2 The BD-4..may be one of the sturdiest and safest of all the homebuilts.
1987 Pilot Apr. 20/1 Berck aerodrome is..a real grass-roots enthusiast's place, with homebuilts, home rebuilts, gliders and microlights to the fore.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. iii. 18/4 The Biplane class is made up of homebuilts dominated by the Pitts Special.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.1676