Etymology

boatsmith

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Today it means: A maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder. Full definition →

Middle English botsmith
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombotsmith
  2. English todayboatsmith

From Middle English botsmith, equivalent to boat + smith.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.