Carpentry

Carpentry

Of or relating to the art of making objects, buildings or furniture out of wood.

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Carpentry

A formed wood product panel, made by layering strands of wood in specific orientations. In appearance it may have a rough and variegated surface with the individual strips lying unevenly across each ...

open grained wood

Construction; Carpentry

Wood having large poers, for example ash, oak, chestnut or walnut.

oriel

Construction; Carpentry

A projecting bay window carried on corbels, brackets or a cantilever.

oilcloth

Construction; Carpentry

Heavy cotton or linen cloth with a linseed oil coating, semi-water-proof.

oilstone

Construction; Carpentry

A type of fine grade blade shapening and honing stone one of the natural minerals commonly used in oilstones is novaculite.

ogee

Construction; Carpentry

A molding with an ogee-shaped profile, consisting (going from low to high) of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc, with vertical ends; an alternative name for such a molding is cyma reversa; ...