shipsmith

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noun

Someone who forges the ironwork for ships

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Meanings

nounshipsmith (plural shipsmiths)

plural shipsmiths

  1. nauticalSomeone 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 Industrial New Bedford, →DOI, pages 185–217

Origin

From ship + smith.

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APA

shipsmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipsmith

MLA

“shipsmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipsmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipsmith,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipsmith.

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