boatwright
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English botwright, botwrythe, equivalent to boat + wright.
Noun
[edit]boatwright (plural boatwrights)
- A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
- 1999, Carole Rawcliffe, Medicine for the Soul:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]maker of wooden boats
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