The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smithing \Smith"ing\, n.
The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into
any desired shape.
--Moxon.
Wiktionary
n. The work of a smith; the forge of metal.
Usage examples of "smithing".
For know, sirrahs and madame, that at the prime of his career, Stromo injured himself in a demonstration of the smithing art before a lecture hall full of students.
Smithing was nearly as vital as farming in a preindustrial economy and the number of tools that they were going to need prior to the beginning of the planting season was staggering.
He had continued to train the Euchee and half-bloods in the stonecutting and smithing trades, and had explored for ores and other raw materials.
Myron farming, John glassmaking, coopering, smithing, all the things you have to have if you don't have replicators or even factories.
Knowing a little bit about coopering and carpentry and smithing will be useful.
As if he were asking about sewing, or smithing, or any other practical art.