ship scraper (shipskraper)

A tool for scraping the bottom and decks of ve els, etc. It consists of a square or three-cornered piece of steel with sharpened edges, set at right angles to a handle. See cut under scraper. shipshape (ship's hap), a. In thorough order; well-arranged; hence, neat; trim. Look to the babes, and till I come again Keep everything shipshape , for I must go. Tennyson, Enoch Arden.