Meanings
plural workmanships
- countableuncountableThe skill of an artisan or craftsman.
The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system.
1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163 - countableuncountableThe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwerkmanschipe
- Englishworkmanship
From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian майсторство
- майсторство (majstorstvo)the skill of an artisan or craftsman
Finnish ammattitaito, työn laatu
- ammattitaitothe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- työn laatuthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
German (handwerkliches) Können, (fachmännische) Verarbeitung
- (handwerkliches) Könnenthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- (fachmännische) Verarbeitungthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- (handwerkliche) Ausführungthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- (handwerkliche) Verarbeitungthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- (fachmännische) Verarbeitungthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- (handwerkliche) Ausführungthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
Hungarian szakmai/mesterségbeli tudás/ismeret/felkészültség, szaktudás
- szakmai/mesterségbeli tudás/ismeret/felkészültségthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- szaktudásthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- kivitelezésthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- kidolgozásthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- kivitelthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- kiállításthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- elkészítésthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- szakszerűségthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- kidolgozottságthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- megmunkáltságthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- megmunkálásthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
Polish fachowość, fachowa robota
- fachowośćthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- fachowa robotathe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
Spanish calidad de artesano, calidad de fabricación
- calidad de artesanothe skill of an artisan or craftsman
- calidad de fabricaciónthe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- hechurathe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
- facturathe quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
Turkish işçilik
- işçilikthe skill of an artisan or craftsman
Yiddish אויסאַרבעטונג
- אויסאַרבעטונג (oysarbetung)the skill of an artisan or craftsman
Cite this entry
workmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workmanship
“workmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workmanship. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workmanship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workmanship.
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