Definition of Sailmaker

1. Noun. A maker of sails.

Generic synonyms: Maker, Shaper

Definition of Sailmaker

1. n. One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.

Definition of Sailmaker

1. Noun. One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sailmaker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailmaker

sailfish
sailfishes
sailing
sailing-race
sailing boat
sailing dinghy
sailing master
sailing on another board
sailing ship
sailing ships
sailing under false colors
sailing vessel
sailing vessels
sailings
sailless
sailmaker (current term)
sailmakers
sailmaking
sailor
sailor's-choice
sailor's breastplate
sailor's hitch
sailor's hitches
sailor's skin
sailor boy
sailor cap
sailor dive
sailor suit
sailor suits
sailorlike

Literary usage of Sailmaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Men of the Merchant Service: Being the Polity of the Mercantile Marine by Frank Thomas Bullen (1900)
"THE sailmaker. THE position of this most useful man on board ship will give me ... It is quite true that on board ships of war the sailmaker is still in ..."

2. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"Witnesses Jacob van Schaick, Abraham Eights of said City, sailmaker, and Robert Yates. VAIL, Benjamin, of Goshen Precinct, Orange Co. ..."

3. Seven Years' Service on the Slave Coast of Western Africa by Henry Vere Huntley (1850)
"POSSESSION TAKEN OF THE CAPE.— VIEWS RESPECTING IT.—REWARD OF REGAL ZEAL.—FEVER.—AFRICAN REGENERATION,HUMBUG.—THE GOVERNOR A sailmaker ..."

4. The Men of the Merchant Service: Being the Polity of the Mercantile Marine by Frank Thomas Bullen (1900)
"THE sailmaker. THE position of this most useful man on board ship will give me ... It is quite true that on board ships of war the sailmaker is still in ..."

5. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"Witnesses Jacob van Schaick, Abraham Eights of said City, sailmaker, and Robert Yates. VAIL, Benjamin, of Goshen Precinct, Orange Co. ..."

6. Seven Years' Service on the Slave Coast of Western Africa by Henry Vere Huntley (1850)
"POSSESSION TAKEN OF THE CAPE.— VIEWS RESPECTING IT.—REWARD OF REGAL ZEAL.—FEVER.—AFRICAN REGENERATION,HUMBUG.—THE GOVERNOR A sailmaker ..."

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