woodwright en · NOUN
Etymology
From wood + wright. Compare Middle English timber-wrighte, tymbre wryth (“carpenter”, literally “timber-wright”), Old English trēowwyrhta (“carpenter”), see treewright, timberwright.
Meanings
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A woodworker.
These legends of many-sided craftsmanship, of gold and silver and armourer's work, the stories of the masters in marble and stone, the weavers and the dyers, the woodwrights, the carvers and the painters, […]
1912, Henry Wilson, On Workmanship: A Lecture, page 20:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| woodwrights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |