Carpentry

Carpentry

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

Industry: Construction

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mechanical equipment

Construction; Carpentry

Architectural term refering to all equipment in the following categories: plumbing, air conditioning, heating, gas fitting, and electrical.

A brandname type of hardboard invented by william h. Mason in 1924. Formed using the mason method, using wooden chips, blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards. The ...

major module

Construction; Carpentry

Unit of measure for modular construction. Equivalent to 48 inches or 1200 millimeters in length.

mallet

Construction; Carpentry

A kind of hammer, usually of wood, smaller than a maul or beetle and usually with a relatively large head. Can be made of rubber, wood or lead.

mansard roof

Construction; Carpentry

A style of hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its four sides with the lower slope being much steeper, almost a vertical wall, while the upper slope, usually not visible from the ground, ...

lookout

Construction; Carpentry

A structural member that runs between the lower end of a rafter and the outside wall, used to carry the underside of the overhang.

lumber

Construction; Carpentry

Refers to solid wood product from saw and planing mills with no other processing than sawing, resawing, planing lengthwise and crosscutting to length. Lumber is supplied either rough or finished. ...