Crossword clues for turnery
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turnery
Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]
The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
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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
n. workshop where objects are made on a lathe
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.