smithery

American  

[smith-uh-ree] / ˈsmɪθ ə ri /

noun

• smitheries
  plural

1. the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.

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smithery British  

/ ˈsmɪθərɪ /

noun

1. the trade or craft of a blacksmith

2. a rare word for smithy

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• smitheries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of smithery

First recorded in 1615–25; smith + -ery

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

smithery smitheries

Every fourth or fifth joke has the air of having been hammered out on an anvil, and a few might have been better left in the smithery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

You rarely see Halbrand alone before the finale, save for this moment when he’s in the smithery, staring at his pouch, making his decision.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

I must have half of that £15 this month, or not another ounce of smithery coal do you get out of me. 

From The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) by Mark Rutherford

If he learns smithery, he also learns . . . ah! what does he learn to set against smithery?—the law? 

From The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" by Theodore Watts-Dunton

The old ram Sampson had been fitted as a floating smithery.

From The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Some will end up as Mordor-like archipelagos filled with lava and smitheries; others will become lush waterfall-filled spaces.

From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2021