Carpentry
['kɑːp(ə)ntrɪ] or ['kɑrpəntri]
Definition
(n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
(n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
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Examples
- Then came the hollowing out of the trees, and then, with the development of tools and a primitive carpentry, the building of boats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Weaving, carpentry, architecture, manufacture of mills, clocks, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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