English

Alternative forms

• scrimshaw

Noun

scrimshander ‎(countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)

1. (uncountable) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
2. (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.

Verb

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

1. To make an item of scrimshaw.

   • 2004, 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. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas