Carpentering
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Carpentry. uncountable
"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."
Verb
- 1 present participle of carpenter form-of, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From carpenter + -ing.
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