workmanship

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The skill of an artisan or craftsman.

   The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system.

2. 2
   noun

   The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.

   Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

3. 3
   noun

   skill in an occupation or trade

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From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship.

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