sloyd

American  

[sloid] / slɔɪd /

Or sloid,

noun

1. a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.

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Etymology

Origin of sloyd

1880–85; < Swedish slöjd craft, industrial art, woodworking; cognate with sleight

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Example Sentences

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sloyd

This, however, was not the Swedish sloyd, but a type of work especially adapted to secondary-school instruction.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

A sloyd school was established at Naas, in 1872, to train teachers, and in 1875 a second school, known as a "Sloyd Seminarium," was begun.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

I like mathematics, and sloyd, and a hammer and nails and saw.

From Stories Worth Rereading by Various

The value of playgrounds and gardens in cities, and of children's classes in sloyd or manual training in the country, cannot be over-estimated.

From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Caroline French Benton

They are taught all sorts of handwork, basketry, weaving, knitting, modeling, and chair caning, and, when old enough, they are sent with the other children to sewing, cooking, sloyd and music classes.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Kate M. Foley

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