boatwright
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
Noun
- A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
- 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. - 1999,...
Origin
From Middle English botwright, botwrythe, equivalent to boat + wright.