loftsman


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loftsman

(ˈlɒftsmən)
n, pl -men
(Professions) a person who reproduces in actual size a draughtsman's design for a ship or an aircraft, working on the floor of a building (mould loft) with a large floor area
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When he was 16, Gordon began a five-year apprenticeship as a loftsman. His job was to make full-size templates from a naval architect's drawings to mark steel for cutting.
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