shipcarving

Etymology

From ship + carving.

shipcarving means The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads.“The number of workshops working exclusively on shipcarving began to decline, but this did not immediately affect the quality of what they produced.”
An individual carving of this kind.