单词 | house carpenter |
释义 | > as lemmashouse carpenter house carpenter n. now chiefly North American a carpenter who does the woodwork, esp. the timber framework, of a house. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > carpenter > types of house carpenter1598 square-wright1752 caseworker1860 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 101 It seemeth that the builders of the hall of this house were shipwrightes, and not house Carpenters. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2380/4 William Bowell of Brighthelmston..House-Carpenter. 1741 W. Stephens Jrnl. 1 Apr. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) III. 163 The other was looked on as a Master House-Carpenter of Repute. 1855 Knickerbocker 46 222 Beech timber is held in great esteem by ship-builders and house-carpenters. 1911 Railway Carmen's Jrnl. 16 566/1 Freight repairers were told to join the House Carpenters' Union, get a union card and with that they could go out and build houses next day. 2007 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 24 Sept. 1 b Jeff Kramer..spent 10 years as a house carpenter before deciding he wanted a change and coming to work on boats. < as lemmas |
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