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woodcraft|ˈwʊdkrɑːft, -æ-|
(Also U.S. woodscraft: see wood n.1 9 g.)
[f. wood n.1 + craft n.]
1. Skill in, or skilled practice of, matters pertaining to woods or forests, esp. (in early use) to the chase; now (chiefly N. Amer., Austral., etc.) applied esp. to such knowledge of forest conditions as enables one to maintain oneself or make one's way.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1605 A wyȝe þat was wys vpon wod craftez To vnlace þis bor lufly bigynnez. c1386Chaucer Prol. 110 Of woodecraft wel koude he al the vsage..A Forster was he.
1823Scott Quentin D. ix, Thou hast begun thy woodcraft well. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies xxxiv, One or two other leaders of the camp, versed in woodcraft, examined with learned eye the trees. 1870B. Harte Idyl of Red Gulch Wks. (1872) 58 When he had built a fire against a tree, and had shown them other mysteries of wood-craft. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xi, The..steering straight in a country without a landmark, was likely to bear hard upon his woodcraft. 1902S. E. White Blazed Trail xviii, He was full of delight over everything that savored of the woods or woodcraft.
2. Skill in woodwork, or in constructing something of wood.
1833Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound 525 They..Nor knew to build a house..With wicketed sides, nor any wood⁓craft knew. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. viii. 127 The chief carpenter [has] some good books on woodcraft. |