arkwright

See also: Arkwright

English

Etymology

From Middle English arkewrytte. By surface analysis, ark +‎ wright.

Noun

arkwright (plural arkwrights)

1. (obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
   • 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 560:

     The castle arkwright put in a chequered staircase certainly. It has only one square step, to be steady, yet notwithstumbling are they stalemating backgammoner supstairs by skips and trestles tiltop double corner.

Derived terms

• Arkwright (surname)