Definition of Shipfitter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipfitter

shipboard
shipboard duty
shipboard soldier
shipboard system
shipboards
shipborne
shipbound
shipbroker
shipbrokers
shipbroking
shipbuilder
shipbuilders
shipbuilding
shipbuilding industry
shipbuildings
shipfitter (current term)
shipfitters
shipful
shipfuls
shipfyrd
shiphandler
shiphandlers
shipholder
shipholders
shiplap
shiplaps
shipless
shiplet
shiplets
shiplike

Literary usage of Shipfitter

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

1. Audel's Ship Fitters' Guide: A Practical Treatise on Steel Ship Building and by Ralph Newstead (1919)
"The shipfitter must be on the job to show the erectors where to place the material ... The shipfitter's ability to visualize his work while laying out his ..."

2. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1907)
"The outside shipfitter looks after the structural hull work in all its ... The inside shipfitter looks after the installation of the turret and other guns, ..."

3. Shipbuilding for Beginners by Andrew Williams Carmichael (1918)
"The work done by a shipfitter is very important for if his work does not come ... A shipfitter must be able to "read plans" and a full knowledge of his work ..."

4. Practical Ship Production by Andrew Williams Carmichael (1919)
"The shipfitter, with modern steel vessels, corresponds to the shipwright with ... In general, the duties of a shipfitter are to lay out or fit the various ..."

5. Practical Ship Production by Andrew Williams Carmichael (1919)
"The shipfitter, with modern steel vessels, corresponds to the shipwright with ... In general, the duties of a shipfitter are to lay out or fit the various ..."

6. U.S. Navy Education Study Courses: Manual of Standard Practice and by United States Bureau of Naval Personnel (1922)
"26 shipfitter 2c, qualifications for 26 shipfitter Ic, qualifications for 26 shipfitter, chief, qualifications for 26 Painter 3c, qualifications for 26 ..."

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