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carpenting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From carpent(er), carpent(ry) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable) The work or skill of a carpenter, carpentry.
    • We climbed the ladder into the loft that was strewn with farming implements and with carpenting tools. 1983, D. H. Lawrence, Andrew Robertson, James T. Boulton, The White Peacock, page 237:
    • He had not always been a day labourer but learnt carpenting skills from his father who was also a carpenter. 1989, Educational and Psychological Interactions - Issues 93-99, page 60:
    • If a carpenter and a cobbler were to exchange trades, Plato complains, the result would be poor carpenting and cobbling […] 2011, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought:

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carpenting en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of carpeting.
    alt of carpeting