Meanings
plural treewrights
- archaichistoricalliteraryrareA worker of wood, carpenter, joiner.
Tarkyn hesitated, the cultural violation of taking outsiders uninvited among treewrights warring with his wish to make use of these shamans' skills.
2022, Jennifer Ealey, The Dark Amulet Collection1 more example
The work of the treewright or structural woodworker differed from that of the later medieval carpenter, in the reliance on building by eye, the controlled splitting of timber (rather that sawing), and reliance on unmeasured joints.
2020, Alan Lane, Mark Redknap, Llangorse CrannogSynonyms: woodwright
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA worker of wood, carpenter, joiner.
Origin
- Old Englishtrēowwyrhta“wood-worker, carpenter”
- Middle English*tre-wrighte
- Englishtreewright
From Middle English *tre-wrighte, from Old English trēowwyrhta (“wood-worker, carpenter”), equivalent to tree + wright.
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