CARPENTRY

carpentry, woodworking, woodwork

(noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carpentry (countable and uncountable, plural carpentries)

(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.

(countable) A carpenter's workshop.

Synonyms

• carpenting

Source: Wiktionary


Car"pen*try, n. Etym: [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.]

1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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