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Webster 1913 Edition


Carpentry

Car′pen-try

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carpentry

CARPENTRY

,
Noun.
The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, in the construction of buildings; divided into house-carpentry and ship-carpentry.

Definition 2024


carpentry

carpentry

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Noun

carpentry (countable and uncountable, plural carpentries)

  1. (uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking
  2. (countable) A carpenter's workshop.

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