shipwrights
Wooden hull craftsmen
Shipwrights are craftsmen who build and repair ships.
The term applies to workers in traditional wooden shipbuilding as well as modern vessel construction.
A shipwright's skills include carpentry, fitting, and understanding hull design: The shipwrights worked for months to restore the old schooner.
Fitting wood pieces together
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- timberWood for construction
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
- chiselEdged carving implement
plane · mallet · oakum · pitch · tar · caulking · lofting · carving
Hull's structural base
- hullOuter covering or frame
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- rudderPivoting stern blade
mast · deck · rigging · galleon · frigate · schooner · clipper · gunwale
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- caulkerOne who seals joints
rigger · sailmaker · boatbuilder · carpenter · craftsman · artisan · tradesperson · shipfitter
joinery
Fitting wood pieces together
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- timberWood for construction
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
chisel · plane · mallet · oakum · pitch · tar · caulking · lofting · carving · shaping
keel
Hull's structural base
rudder · mast · deck · rigging · galleon · frigate · schooner · clipper · gunwale · bilge
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
caulker · rigger · sailmaker · boatbuilder · carpenter · craftsman · artisan · tradesperson · shipfitter
shipyard
Vessel construction site
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- slipwayInclined shore for launching
boatyard · chandlery · ropewalk · sawpit · workshop · cradle · launch · fitting-out · blueprint
oak
Quercus genus member
pine · copper · bronze · iron · canvas · rope · tar · pitch · oakum · rivets
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- maritime historysailors, seamen, celestial navigation, merchant vessels, seafaring
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- boat buildersboatwright
- colonial workersblacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, coopers, craftsmen
shipwrightsscrappers
Those who fight scrappily
shipwreckers · demolition crews · wreckers · salvagers · scrap merchants
shipwrightssailors
Maritime vessel crew members
mariners · seamen · navigators · ship captains · seafarers