Carpentering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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