shipmanship

English

Etymology

From shipman +‎ -ship.

Noun

shipmanship (uncountable)

1. (nautical) The role or skills of a shipman.
   • 1952, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 272, page 24:

     […] her rôle was not to encumber the party with easels, but to sit and admire our shipmanship on seas high or low as the case might be.

   • 2013, Costas Grammenos, The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, page 591:

     […] the marine superintendent, for which ex-shipmanship can be a requirement […]