carpentry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   fine carpentry for sale

2. 2
   noun

   the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

3. 3
   noun

   The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

4. 4
   noun

   A carpenter’s workshop.

Etymology

From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.