boatbuildern.
/ˈbəʊtˌbɪldə/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌbɪldər/ A person who or company which builds boats. Cf. shipbuilder n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun]
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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. xv. 1783 (margin) Boat-builders.
1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot 19 A Fire..which began..in a Boat-Builders-yard.
1708 S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 236 A smith's shop..and a Boat-builder's Shed.
1774 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) II. 14 Hooper's shalloway having sprung her foremast,..I sent the boat-builder to make her a new one.
1838 Hampshire Advertiser 26 May The well-established fame of Waterman and Sons, boat-builders, of Anderton.
1878 Harper's Mag. Feb. 324/2 The inhabitants are fishermen, farmers, and boat-builders.
1963 Times 24 Apr. 17/3 The film tells the story of a firm of family boatbuilders.
2005 Wired May 50/1 The $26.7 million superyacht was produced by a European boatbuilder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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