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单词 woodcraft
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woodcraftn.

Brit. /ˈwʊdkrɑːft/, /ˈwʊdkraft/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌkræft/
Forms: (Also U.S. woodscraft: see wood n.1 Compounds 1g.)
Etymology: < 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 North American, Australian, etc.) applied esp. to such knowledge of forest conditions as enables one to maintain oneself or make one's way.
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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.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 240 Thou hast begun thy woodcraft well.1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxxiv One or two other leaders of the camp, versed in woodcraft, examined with learned eye the trees.1870 B. Harte Idyl of Red Gulch in Wks. (1872) 58 When he had built a fire against a tree, and had shown them other mysteries of wood-craft.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xi The..steering straight in a country without a landmark, was likely to bear hard upon his woodcraft.1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail ii. xviii. 138 He was full of delight over everything that savored of the woods, or woodscraft.
2. Skill in woodwork, or in constructing something of wood.
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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).
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