| 释义 |
housewright Now rare.|ˈhaʊsraɪt|
[f. house n.1+ wright.]
A builder of houses (esp. of timber); a house-carpenter.
1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly F iv b, What housewright by Geometrie found ever out such maner buildyng, as theyr [bees'] commes are of? c1575Durham Depos. (Surtees) 289 William Gelson, of Lanchester, houswright. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §8 (1622) 193 Some, Housewrights; ..some, Cartwrights. 1890A. W. Moore Surnames Isle Man 88 A housewright and church-builder by trade. |