1. a person whose occupation is designing and constructing boats

Examples

• The boatbuilder spent months crafting the wooden sailboat by hand.
• She apprenticed with a master boatbuilder to learn traditional construction techniques.
• The local boatbuilder's workshop was filled with tools and half-finished hulls.
• Many boatbuilders in the region specialize in fiberglass fishing vessels.
• The boatbuilder carefully measured and cut each piece of timber for the new yacht.
• His family had been boatbuilders for three generations.