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ship's carver

ship's carver is the alternative form of shipcarver.

Meaning of shipcarver

Noun

shipcarver (plural shipcarvers)

  1. Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on
    • The art of the shipcarver was steeped in a tradition of civic celebration that communicated messages of national allegiance, community pride, and personal success.1992, SL Lahvis, “Icons of American Trade: The Skillin Workshop and the Language of Spectacle”, in Winterthur Portfolio

Forms of ship's carver

pluralship's carvers

Questions about ship's carver

What is ship's carver the alternative form of?
Ship's carver is the alternative form of shipcarver.

Words near ship's carver in the dictionary

  1. ship's biscuits
  2. ship's boat
  3. ship's boats
  4. ship's boy
  5. ship's boys
  6. ship's carver
  7. ship's carvers
  8. ship's company
  9. ship's corporal
  10. ship's cousin
  11. ship's cousins

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