Shipcarving

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads. uncountable

    "The number of workshops working exclusively on shipcarving began to decline, but this did not immediately affect the quality of what they produced."

  2. 2
    An individual carving of this kind. uncountable

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"The number of workshops working exclusively on shipcarving began to decline, but this did not immediately affect the quality of what they produced."

Etymology

From ship + carving.

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