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boatsmith

boatsmith noun: a maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.

Noun

boatsmith (plural boatsmiths)

  1. A maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.
    • Occasionally it is found necessary to move them, perhaps to shift the centre of gravity to improve the fore and aft trim of the boat. This can only be done by a boatsmith, who will make a new set of riggers, or alter the existing ones.1955, Richard Burnell, Sculling: With Notes on Training and Rigging, page 95
    • With some adaptive engineering by local metalworkers and boatsmiths, these light engines motorized several thousand riverboats, converting the classic dhows from cheap-but-slow to cheap-and-rapid inland water transport (Jansen et al. 1989).2007, Steven Haggblade, Peter B. R. Hazell, Thomas Reardon, Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy

Forms of boatsmith

pluralboatsmiths

Origin of boatsmith

From Middle English botsmith, equivalent to boat + smith.

Questions about boatsmith

What does boatsmith mean?
Boatsmith means a maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.
What part of speech is boatsmith?
Boatsmith is a noun.
What is the plural of boatsmith?
The plural of boatsmith is boatsmiths.

Words near boatsmith in the dictionary

  1. boatsides
  2. boatslength
  3. boatslengths
  4. boatsman
  5. boatsmen
  6. boatsmith
  7. boatsmiths
  8. boatspeak
  9. boatsteerer
  10. boatsteerers
  11. boatswain

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