WOODCRAFT

woodcraft

(noun) skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood

woodcraft

(noun) skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

woodcraft (countable and uncountable, plural woodcrafts)

Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.

(uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.

Verb

woodcraft (third-person singular simple present woodcrafts, present participle woodcrafting, simple past and past participle woodcrafted)

To carve or craft from wood.

Source: Wiktionary


Wood"craft`, n.

Definition: Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods. Men of the glade and forest! leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. Bryant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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