carpentry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: car=pen=try

CIDE DICTIONARY

carpentry, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.].

•  The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.  [1913 Webster]
•  An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carpentry, n.
1 the work or occupation of a carpenter.
2 timber-work constructed by a carpenter.

Etymology

ME f. OF carpenterie f. L carpentaria: see CARPENTER