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joinery|ˈdʒɔɪnərɪ|
[f. joiner + -y3: see -ery.]
1. The art or occupation of a joiner; the construction of wooden furniture, fittings, etc.; also concr. such articles collectively; things made by a joiner.
1678Moxon Mech. Exerc. iv. (1683) I. 59 Joynery is an Art Manual whereby several Pieces of Wood are so fitted and joyned together by straight Lines, Squares, Miters or any Bevel, that they shall seem one intire Piece. c1695J. Miller Descr. New York (1843) 31 The trades of joinery, carpentry, masonry. 1794Stedman Surinam (1813) II. xxviii. 347 Chests, cupboards, lockers, and all sorts of joinery. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. iii. 183 The higher branches of joinery approach cabinet-making and wood-carving.
2. transf. and fig. Work analogous to that of a joiner; the process or product of joining or fitting parts together.
1774Burke Sp. Amer. Taxation Wks. 1880 I. 425 Lord Chatham..made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 317 That hideous piece of female joinery, a patch-work counterpane. 1828Carlyle Misc., Goethe (1872) I. 186 Mind..reasoned of as..some curious piece of logical joinery.
3. attrib.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Frames, Wooden Joinery Work of a triangular Form. 1875Carpentry & Join. 106 Gloucester, in which town were then steam joinery works. |