shipwork

She wore the coverall appropriate for shipwork, free of snags and covered with zippered pockets.

Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

I was an engineer, best there was, but not the right category for shipwork.

Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984

Galvanizing, as a protecting surface for large articles, such as enter into the construction of bridges, roofs, and shipwork, has not quite reached the point of appreciation that possibly the near future may award to it.

Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing William N. Brown

But these last, the sight and the smells of land heartened up in extraordinary fashion, and from being helpless logs, unable to move even under blows of the scourge, they became active again, able to help in the shipwork, and lusty (when the time came) to fight for their lives and their vessels.

The Lost Continent Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne 1905

A poor servant, who had served his time out in New England, came to him in Boston and asked if he could go over with him; he would do his best in working like any other sailor for his passage, as he well understood shipwork.

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898