Meanings
plural shipwrights
- A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
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A shipwright is one who builds or repairs ships using whatever materials are available including, but not limited to wood, metal, plastic, and concrete. / A master shipwright is one who has learned to use his skills with precision and is capable of teaching them to others. His knowledge includes mathematics, mechanics, and the use of tool; they also include the application of imagination, ingenuity, creativity, and vision of what can be.
2008, Robert L. Smith, Never Waste the Flowers, Authorhouse, →ISBN, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsċipwyrhta
- Middle Englishshipwright
- Englishshipwright
From Middle English shipwright, shippwright, schipwricht, ship-wriȝth, from Old English sċipwyrhta, equivalent to ship + wright (“builder”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ναυπηγός
- ναυπηγός (naupēgós)person
Bulgarian корабостроител, корабен дърводелец
- корабостроител (korabostroitel)person
- корабен дърводелец (koraben dărvodelec)person
Chinese Mandarin 造船工人, 船匠
- 造船工人 (zàochuán gōngrén)person
- 船匠 (chuánjiàng)person
Danish skibsbygger
- skibsbyggerperson
Dutch scheepsbouwer
- scheepsbouwerperson
Finnish laivanveistäjä
- laivanveistäjäperson
German Schiffsbauer, Schiffbauer
- Schiffsbauerperson
- Schiffbauerperson
Greek ναυπηγός
- ναυπηγός (nafpigós)person
Italian maestro d'ascia, carpentiere navale
- maestro d'asciaperson
- carpentiere navaleperson
Japanese 船工, 船大工
- 船工 (senkō)person
- 船大工 (funadaiku)person
Latin naupēgus
- naupēgusperson
Romanian marangoz
- marangozperson
Russian корабе́л, корабе́льный пло́тник
- корабе́л (korabél)person
- корабе́льный пло́тник (korabélʹnyj plótnik)person
Spanish carpintero ribereño, carpintero riberano
- carpintero ribereñoperson
- carpintero riberanoperson
- calafateperson
Cite this entry
shipwright. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipwright
“shipwright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipwright. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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