Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who makes boats; a boatwright.

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Examples

  • But as my brother Nat had married a Woolwich woman, it happened that Robert took a fancy to a comely young woman of that Town, whose Father is a boat-builder in the Government yard there.

    Letter 20 2009

  • Mr. Guyette promises many auction lots that are "fresh to the market," including a swan made in the 1930s by Virginia boat-builder and fisherman Charles Birch.

    Decoy Market, After Decline, Tests Its Wings Meg Cox 2011

  • Then, a boat-builder friend happened to show Bethune a video about wave-piercing boats.

    Super Cool Biodiesel Boat Unveiled in Seattle | Impact Lab 2006

  • Mr Worth took up rowing as a teenager and in later years became an experienced boat-builder.

    Archive 2007-09-16 Valleys Mam 2007

  • Mr Worth took up rowing as a teenager and in later years became an experienced boat-builder.

    hat tip to Nick at the Web Team BBC Valleys Mam 2007

  • Zebedee Tugwell, boat-builder, for the yearly provent of two and sixpence sterling.

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

  • He was a widowed boat-builder, whom blindness had overtaken years before in the full flush of business.

    To-morrow, by Joseph Conrad 2004

  • Josiah Carvil — blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder — a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.

    To-morrow, by Joseph Conrad 2004

  • " Going to the rail, the gentleman tossed a second nickel to the boy guarding the horses: "When this young man comes down, lead him to Finnerty, the boat-builder.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • For the first time he felt that his investment with a boat-builder as good as Finnerty had been justified.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

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