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shipsmith

shipsmith noun: someone who forges the ironwork for ships.

Noun

shipsmith (plural shipsmiths)

  1. Someone who forges the ironwork for ships
    • The forge in the shipsmith’s shop is not much bigger than a bread oven.2019 April 28, Nicole J. Williams, ““Whalecraft”: Clifford Warren Ashley and Whaling Craft Culture in Industrial New Bedford”, in “Whalecraft”: Clifford Warren Ashley and Whaling Craft Culture in...

Forms of shipsmith

pluralshipsmiths

Origin of shipsmith

From ship + smith.

Questions about shipsmith

What does shipsmith mean?
Shipsmith means someone who forges the ironwork for ships.
What part of speech is shipsmith?
Shipsmith is a noun.
What is the plural of shipsmith?
The plural of shipsmith is shipsmiths.

Words near shipsmith in the dictionary

  1. shipshapely
  2. shipshed
  3. shipsheds
  4. shipside
  5. shipsides
  6. shipsmith
  7. shipsmiths
  8. shipspeak
  9. Shipston-on-Stour
  10. shipstuff
  11. shipt

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