turnery
Americannoun
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turneries
plural
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the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
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objects or articles fashioned on a lathe collectively.
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a workshop where such work is done.
noun
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objects made on a lathe
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Also called: turning. the process or skill of turning objects on a lathe
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the workshop of a lathe operator
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Origin of turnery
Example Sentences
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Jonson's writing chair is made of straw; it is the kind of chair elderly women like to sit in; it is not one of those stolid, dark-wood Jacobean chairs "loaded with turnery" one might have imagined him sitting on.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2013
The industries comprise flour-milling, distilling, wood-sawing, turnery and dyeing.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
It is used for interior finish, furniture, woodenware and turnery.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
It has been used to some extent in the manufacture of woodenware, in turnery and for wagon hubs.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
It is in great demand for cotton-mill machinery, turnery handles and forms.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
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