carpentering

English

Etymology

carpenter +‎ -ing

Noun

carpentering (uncountable)

  1. Carpentry.
    • 1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket‎:
      Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.
    • 1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates‎:
      I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.
    • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
      Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]
    • 2007 January 26, Deanna Isaacs, “Have Your Rebellion and Deduct It Too”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.

Verb

carpentering

  1. present participle of carpenter
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