单词 | craftwork |
释义 | craftworkn. rare before 19th cent. 1. Skilled work requiring manual or technical ability and knowledge; the work or activity of a craftsperson. Later more generally: the activity of making things by hand, especially using traditional techniques; a handicraft. Cf. handicraft n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > craft crafteOE craftworkOE handcraftOE mister?c1225 cunning1340 arta1393 mysterya1400 sciencec1485 handicraft1523 mechanic1604 magistery1647 tradecraft1842 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > manual work handcraftOE craftworkOE handworkOE manual labour?1406 handworking?a1425 manoeuvre1479 hand labour1517 handiwork1525 handicrafta1535 manuary1581 mechanic1605 manufacture1625 arm labour1677 mechanics1726 hag1797 hag-work1841 OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxix. 212 De militia, de negotio id est mercatu, de artificio redde decimas : of campdome of ceape of cræftwyrce agyf teoþunga. 1834 J. W. L. F. Ippel Hist. Robinson Crusoe Abridged lvi. 83 Robinson having been accustomed a long while since to craftwork, wished to learn the cabinetmaker's trade. 1869 Advocate (Melbourne) 27 Mar. 12/2 Shall we tell him his craftwork is rugged and lowly..Because 'tis a life-work of labour and toil? 1932 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Daily Gaz. 29 June 5/1 The regular camp program was carried on, many boys taking up the different craftworks offered in camp. 2004 Independent 4 Mar. (Review section) 15/1 This craft work isn't the kind of thing you can pick up at a nightclass... This is about traditional techniques that are perfected over a long time. 2. The product of this activity; work produced by a craftsperson; (now chiefly) handmade items, esp. when produced using traditional techniques. Also as a count noun: an item of this sort. Cf. handicraft n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > done by hand handworkOE craftworkc1425 manufacture1567 handiworka1680 handicraft1891 craft1911 handcraft1920 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 11146 (MED) Maystres and..clerkes That witti were of craffty werkes..this thyng schold vndirtake And that crafftwerk to make. 1905 N.Y. Times 3 Sept. 9/5 (headline) Unique craftwork from Deerfield shops. 1936 Nevada State Jrnl. 14 Mar. 3/7 Participants in the art festival are requested to send drawings, prints, paintings..photographs and craftworks particularly. 2020 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Feb. (Travel section) 6 A fair is in full swing inside the mud-brick Qishlah, the vast arcaded yard filled with men and women selling craftwork, dates and cakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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