单词 | woodcraft |
释义 | woodcraftn. 1. Skill in, or skilled practice of, matters pertaining to woods or forests, esp. (in early use) to the chase; now (chiefly North American, Australian, etc.) applied esp. to such knowledge of forest conditions as enables one to maintain oneself or make one's way. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > skill in woodcraftc1386 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > woodcraft woodcraftc1386 woodmancrafta1425 woodmanship1575 c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 110 Of woodecraft wel koude he al the vsage..A Forster was he. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1605 A wyȝe þat was wys vpon wod-craftez [MS reads wod-crafteȝ] To vnlace þis bor lufly bigynneȝ. 2. Skill in woodwork, or in constructing something of wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] tree-workc1275 carpentry1377 wrightinga1500 wrightrya1500 carpenter-work?1553 carpentership1574 wright-work1630 chipping trade1792 carpentering1838 woodcraft1853 woodworking1872 axemanship1893 woodwork1913 1853 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 3) I. 160 They..Nor knew to build a house..With wicketed sides, nor any woodcraft knew. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. viii. 127 The chief carpenter [has] some good books on woodcraft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1386 |
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