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Turnery

Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]

  1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.

  2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.

    Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery.
    --Walpole.

Wiktionary
turnery

n. 1 The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe. 2 Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. 3 A place where lathework is carried out.

WordNet
turnery
  1. n. workshop where objects are made on a lathe

  2. products made on a lathe

Usage examples of "turnery".

High Wycombe and in its neighbourhood there is a thriving trade in various articles of turnery, such as chairs and bowls, from beech and other hard woods.