industrial arts

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) the methods of using tools and machinery, as taught in secondary and technical schools.

2. (used with a singular verb) a subject or course of study that teaches such methods and skills.

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Etymology

Origin of industrial arts

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

In my case, I never had someone to teach me beyond the one industrial arts class I took in junior high.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

Frank Neff graduated from Purdue prior to his career as an industrial arts teacher.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2018

The planned arts campus has a 10,000-square-foot industrial arts building, which will have at least 3,300 square feet for ceramics work.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2016

As a young man he served in World War II with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific; he later graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied industrial arts and mathematics.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2015

Will Bates was drummed out of Carter and reassigned to teach industrial arts in a middle school.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger