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workmanship

[ wurk-muhn-ship ]

noun

  1. the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
  2. the quality or mode of execution, as of a thing made.
  3. the product or result of labor and skill; work executed.


workmanship

/ ˈwɜːkmənʃɪp /

noun

  1. the art or skill of a workman
  2. the art or skill with which something is made or executed
  3. the degree of art or skill exhibited in the finished product
  4. the piece of work so produced
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of workmanship1

First recorded in 1325–75, workmanship is from the Middle English word werkmanschipe. See workman, -ship
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Example Sentences

Auecoor offers a 6-year material and workmanship warranty, however, so you have some protection.

Although a painful reminder of her loss, she appreciated my respect for the workmanship of the man she loved.

“One of the great things about couture is that fabulous workmanship and things that you can create,” he said.

The workmanship of the materials also sometimes felt a little Japanese.

Many of these pipes are sculptured from the most obdurate stones and display great delicacy of workmanship.

Many of them however are of rude workmanship and might have been fashioned by some of the tribe unacquainted with pipe-making.

This is often due to a law of nature rather than to imperfection of design or workmanship.

It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.

Another detail of the workmanship always attended to by the master himself, was that of the purfling.

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