boatwright

English

Etymology

boat +‎ wright

Noun

boatwright (plural boatwrights)

A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
- 1999, Carole Rawcliffe, Medicine for the Soul:
  From the early fourteenth century onwards, the hospital employed a cook and his assistant, along with an assortment of hired hands, including a laundress, a palfreyman, a boatwright, a smith and a swineherd.

Translations

maker of wooden boats

Finnish: veneenveistäjä
Japanese: 船工 (せんこう, senkō), 船大工 (ja) (ふなだいく, funadaiku)

Russian: шлю́почный ма́стер m (šljúpočnyj máster)

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