scrimshander

English

Alternative forms

• scrimshaw

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/

Noun

scrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)

1. (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
2. Synonym of scrimshaw (“manufacture of items by sailors from bone, etc”)

Verb

scrimshander (third-person singular simple present scrimshanders, present participle scrimshandering, simple past and past participle scrimshandered)

1. Synonym of scrimshaw
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     Moreover, he possesses a handsome army of scrimshandered chessmen whom we shall keep busy until either the Prophetess’s departure or the Nellie’s arrival.