Sailmaker is an English word with synonyms like maker or shaper. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sailmaker meaning
- One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
- An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.
Using Sailmaker
- The main meaning on this page is: One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. | An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.
- Useful related words include: maker, shaper.
Context around Sailmaker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sailmaker
- In this selection, "sailmaker" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a sailmaker s needle and of a sailmaker s house. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sailmaker" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sailmaker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was a sailmaker for 30 years at the Irish Boat Shop in Harbor Springs, which was a full-service boat shop that sold paddle boards. (26 words)
Next morning, when he finds that the lightning disoriented the compass, Ahab makes a new one out of a lance, a maul, and a sailmaker's needle. (27 words)
The house featured in the image of Kings Head St to the left is unique in the town and is an example of a sailmaker's house, thought to have been built circa 1600. (34 words)
The house featured in the image of Kings Head St to the left is unique in the town and is an example of a sailmaker's house, thought to have been built circa 1600. (34 words)
Next morning, when he finds that the lightning disoriented the compass, Ahab makes a new one out of a lance, a maul, and a sailmaker's needle. (27 words)
She was a sailmaker for 30 years at the Irish Boat Shop in Harbor Springs, which was a full-service boat shop that sold paddle boards. (26 words)
Example sentences (3)
She was a sailmaker for 30 years at the Irish Boat Shop in Harbor Springs, which was a full-service boat shop that sold paddle boards.
Next morning, when he finds that the lightning disoriented the compass, Ahab makes a new one out of a lance, a maul, and a sailmaker's needle.
The house featured in the image of Kings Head St to the left is unique in the town and is an example of a sailmaker's house, thought to have been built circa 1600.