Treewright
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Treewright is a noun meaning (rare, historical, archaic or literary) A worker of wood, carpenter, joiner.
Meaning
(rare, historical, archaic or literary) A worker of wood, carpenter, joiner.
Example Sentences
Tarkyn hesitated, the cultural violation of taking outsiders uninvited among treewrights warring with his wish to make use of these shamans' skills.
The work of the treewright or structural woodworker differed from that of the later medieval carpenter, in the reliance on building by eye, the controlled splitting of timber (rather that sawing), and reliance on unmeasured joints.
Word Forms
- treewrights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include timberwright, woodcutter, woodworker, woodcrafter, wood-hewer, woodcarver.
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