woodcraft

[wood-kraft, -krahft]

noun

1. skill in anything that pertains to the woods wood or forest, especially in making one's way through the woods wood or in hunting, trapping, etc.

2. forestry.

3. the art of making or carving wooden objects.

woodcraft

/ ˈwʊdˌkrɑːft /

noun

1. ability and experience in matters concerned with living in a wood or forest

2. ability or skill at woodwork, carving, etc

3. skill in caring for trees

Other Word Forms

• woodcraftsman noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodcraft¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; wood ¹, craft

Example Sentences

Ayoub Souri, who has a woodcraft shop near a Jewish museum, expects business to thrive: “We look forward to receiving more Jewish tourists after the normalisation deal,” he said.

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He also engages in an extraordinary form of woodcraft: making himself a “ghillie suit,” a camouflaging outfit woven from grass, branches and cotton.

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I briefly showed her what little I knew of woodcraft.

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The souk's specialty areas — including the gold market, the metalwork and woodcraft bazaars, the section featuring ladies' goods — remain deserted.

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Come for the foliage, stay for Forest Festival Weekend, held this year Sept. 26-27; it features forest strolls, family woodcraft and other activities.

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