smithwright

noun

smithwright

noun

Etymology From smith + wright.

1

A blacksmith.

  • A smithwright and tailor are, also, good trades ; but spirits being so cheap, too many fall into the drink.1831, William Cattermole, Emigration, page 205:
  • Amongst the local craftsmen in the building and iron-workers' trades, carriage builders, smithwrights, mill hands, signwriters, painters and decorators, &c., are many former students.1906, Victorian Year-book, page 240:
1 more example
  • Richard Davis of Dorchester was a smith-wright, whatever that may have been, and in the inventory of his probate record appears "ye Shoppe" with two cast anvils, bellows, and other tools for a smithwright.1932, Samuel Forbes Rockwell, Davis Families of Early Roxbury and Boston, page 39:

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