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carpent en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from carpenter.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.
   • The hallway was unlit and sour with the odour of linoleum, and the man who took the work came early the next day, refused the food we offered, ate his own, and worked until the light was gone outside, carpenting the lengths of wood with skill ... 2006, Tobias Hill, Nocturne in Chrome & Sunset Yellow:
   • But no, he looked out at us long. Then shut the Book and strode down the aisle past every half-filled pew. The ones you-know-who carpented – certainly not me. Cracking, they are. Like l told him they would. 1978, DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, volumes 14-16, page 73:
   • The next sentence, however, clarifies what Harville's employment actually is: He drew, he varnished, he carpented, he glued; he made toys for the children, he fashioned new netting-needles and pins with improvements; ... 1998, Monica F. Cohen, Professional Domesticity in the Victorian Novel: Women, Work and Home, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21:

Forms

Synonyms

carpenter