The action, method, or process of constructing, making, or fashioning something (material or immaterial). Also: †cutting of timber (obsolete).

spec. The action of splitting or cleaving wood.

The action of traverse, v. (in various senses); esp. the action or an act of travelling, moving, or going through or across something.

The action of driving in a wedge or wedges, or of fixing or cleaving by this means; the condition of being thus fixed.

Building. The nailing on of thin strips of board in order to level or raise a surface for lathing, boarding, etc. Also, the strips thus laid on.

The action of securing the end of a beam into a wall plate or other supporting timber by means of a mortise and tenon, rebate, or dovetail joint…

Shipbuilding and Woodworking. The action of shaping a piece of timber so as to create a sharp, bevelled, or rounded edge. Also concrete: a piece of…

The application or addition of battens; a structure formed with battens.

Esp. in logging: the action of removing the outer layer of bark from a log or tree.

the action of reducing (boards, etc.) to a given thickness.

splining machine, one for cutting key-seats and grooves (Webster, 1864).

Turning. The separation of a piece of wood or metal from a longer length, esp. to remove it from a lathe. Usually in parting off (frequently attrib…

The steaming of timber to reduce warping and collapse. Cf. recondition, v. 3.

the grading of structural timber according to its strength, as estimated visually from the size and distribution of knots and other visible defects…