society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > boat dependent on tide
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > [noun] > that which causes
1903 6 Jan. 4/2 The moon is not only a tide-maker in the marine sense. Its tangential ‘pull’ affects the earth's atmosphere.
1910 Jan. 10/2 His hard overworked apprenticeship to the sea in coasting-schooners, in undermanned, under-engined ‘tide-makers’.