carpentry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
    woodwork; woodworking.

WordNet

Car"pen*try noun
Etymology
F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.
Definitions
  1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
  2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Webster 1913