单词 | joinery |
释义 | joineryn. 1. The art or occupation of a joiner; the construction of wooden furniture, fittings, etc.; also concrete such articles collectively; things made by a joiner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > joinery joining-work1562 contignationa1631 joinery1678 joining1680 joinering1839 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > joiner's work joiner's work1530 joiner-work1562 joinery1796 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 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. 1695 J. Miller Descr. New York (1843) 31 The trades of joinery, carpentry, masonry. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxviii. 335 Chests, cupboards, lockers, and all sorts of joinery. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 183 The higher branches of joinery approach cabinet-making and wood-carving. 2. transferred and figurative. Work analogous to that of a joiner; the process or product of joining or fitting parts together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > product of joining joinery1775 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 44 Lord Chatham..made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 260 That hideous piece of female joinery, a patch-work counterpane. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 93 Mind..reasoned of as..some..curious piece of logical joinery. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Frames Wooden Joinery Work of a triangular Form. 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 106 Gloucester, in which town were then steam joinery works. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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