Formerly, A workman who clinched the bolts in ship-building. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > in specific trade or type of work (11) clincher1495 Formerly, A workman who clinched the bolts in ship-building. Obsolete. ship-carpenter1495 A carpenter employed in the building or repairing of ships. clinger1538 = clincher, n., clinker, n.1 Obsolete. clencher1559 He who or that which clenches; a statement, argument, etc., which clenches or settles the point (more commonly clincher); formerly also = clincher, n.… clinker1656 He who or that which clinches; a clincher. converter1811 spec. (a) One whose business it is to ‘convert’ rough timber: see convert, v. 12b; (b) one whose business it is to convert iron into steel; (c) ‘In… square-maker1850 square-maker (see quot. 1850). ship smith1858 (see quot. 1858). red leader1882 A person employed to paint the iron parts of a ship with red lead. chippy chap1903 a shipwright or carpenter on a ship; (also) any member of a shipwright or carpenter's team. stager1927 A person who erects scaffolding in a shipyard. Cf. stage, n. 4e. |
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