woodlore

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noun

Skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounwoodlore (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSkills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.

    The man who understands woodlore identifies with nature because he participates instead of intrudes, and this is the reason why a true hunter has a better appreciation of wildlife and conservation[…]

    1972, Field and Stream, volume 77, number 3, page 28
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    A bit of shaping and fine tuning and you have what you need to make fire. A bow- drill. Peeling the loose bark from a dead vine as Ray Meers had shown me on one of his woodlore courses the previous year, […]

    2005, Andrew Lindsay, The Washing Machine Man's Travels - Page 53

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APA

woodlore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodlore

MLA

“woodlore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodlore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodlore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodlore.

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