Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatsmith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boat-smith
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.

Example Sentences

"Occasionally it is found necessary to move them, perhaps to shift the centre of gravity to improve the fore and aft trim of the boat. This can only be done by a boatsmith, who will make a new set of riggers, or alter the existing ones."
"With some adaptive engineering by local metalworkers and boatsmiths, these light engines motorized several thousand riverboats, converting the classic dhows from cheap-but-slow to cheap-and-rapid inland water transport (Jansen et al. 1989)."
"Imagine writing a scene set in a shipyard. As a deckhand struggles to repair a sailboat's mast step, a boatsmith looks over his shoulder and offers advice."

Etymology

From Middle English botsmith, equivalent to boat + smith.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: botsmith

Inflected Forms

boatsmiths (plural)

Questions

What does boatsmith mean?: A maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.
Where does boatsmith come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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