patternmaker

See also: pattern maker

English

English Wikipedia has articles on:

patternmaker (engineering) and patternmaker (clothing)

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Etymology

From pattern +‎ maker.

Noun

patternmaker (plural patternmakers)

1. Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, which are used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.
   1. A tradesperson who makes wooden patterns from which sand molds for sand casting are made.

      Hypernyms: maker; tradesman, tradesperson < worker < person

      Coordinate terms: diemaker, toolmaker, mouldmaker, modelmaker

      • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:

        One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two.

   2. Someone who makes other kinds of patterns, such dress patterns.

      Hypernyms: maker < worker < person

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• patternmaking