Patternmaker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, which are used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.; A tradesperson who makes wooden patterns from which sand molds for sand casting are made.
"One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."
- 2 someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking) wordnet
- 3 Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, which are used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.; Someone who makes other kinds of patterns, such dress patterns.
Example
More examples"One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."
Etymology
From pattern + maker.
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