1. An artist who creates scrimshaw (carved or engraved designs on whale bone, ivory, or similar materials)
   "The scrimshander carefully etched intricate nautical scenes onto the whale tooth"
    
2. A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
   "The museum displayed intricate scrimshander pieces from the 19th century";
   - scrimshaw

Derived forms: scrimshanders

Type of: carving