The Arabic origin of the word gabarit

The word gabarit potentially draws its origin from Liguria, where shipyard carpenters were called maestro di garibo. This term of Arabic origin meant arc or curve and served to name the wooden shapes used to identify trees to be felled. This practice was part of a long tradition of searching for naturally curved wood for shipbuilding, attested as early as the Nemi ships in the 1st century.