patternmaker

See also: pattern maker

English

Etymology

From pattern +‎ maker.

Noun

patternmaker (plural patternmakers)

1. Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, especially those used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.
   • 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.