Meanings
plural sailmakers
- One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216 - USgovernmentAn officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.
Origin
- Middle English*sayl-makere
- Englishsailmaker
From Middle English *sayl-makere, equivalent to sail + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sailmoaker, West Frisian seilmakker, Dutch zeilmaker, German Low German Seilmaker, German Segelmacher, Danish sejlmager, Swedish segelmakare.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan veler
- veleroccupation
Czech výrobce plachet
- výrobce plachetoccupation
Danish sejlmager
- sejlmageroccupation
Dutch zeilmaker
- zeilmakeroccupation
Finnish purjeentekijä, purjeompelija
- purjeentekijäoccupation
- purjeompelijaoccupation
French voilier
- voilieroccupation
German Segelmacher
- Segelmacheroccupation
Hebrew תּוֹפֵר מִפְרָשִׂים
- תּוֹפֵר מִפְרָשִׂים (tofer mifrasim)occupation
Italian velaio
- velaiooccupation
Norwegian Bokmål seilmaker, seglmaker
- seilmakeroccupation
- seglmakeroccupation
Polish żaglownik
- żaglownikoccupation
Russian парусный мастер
- парусный мастерoccupation
Spanish velero
- velerooccupation
Swedish segelmakare
- segelmakareoccupation
Tagalog maglalayag
- maglalayagoccupation
Turkish yelkenci
- yelkencioccupation
Cite this entry
sailmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailmaker
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