ˈship-ˌchandler
[See chandler1 3 b.]
A dealer who supplies ships with necessary stores.
| 1642 Two Orders Lds. & Comm. 3 Dec. 4 Any Merchants, Ship-chandlers, Grocers. 1755 N. Magens Insurances II. 121 The Ship-Carpenters, Ship-Chandlers, and others that have worked at the Ships, or have delivered any Necessaries, Materials or Rigging, for the Use of them. 1858 Merc. Mar. Mag. V. 336 Two charts..can..be purchased at any Ship⁓chandler's. |
Hence ˈship-ˌchandlery, the business of, or goods dealt in by a ship-chandler; also attrib.
| 1663 Pepys Diary 12 Dec., One Abrahall, who strikes in for the serving of the King with ship-chandlery ware. 1798 31st Rep. Sel. Comm. Finance App. (1803) XIII. 493/1 Junk, old Rope, old Iron, Canvas, and other species of old Ship Chandlery Wares. 1849 Freese Comm. Class-bk. 14 Trade in Naval Stores and Ship Chandlery. 1900 Engineering Mag. XIX. 666 A..ship-chandlery store. |