Reverse Dictionary: CARPENTER

NOUNS
► CAFENDERING carpentry → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CARPENTAGE carpenter’s work; carpentry → 1660 obs.
► WAREHOUSE a carpenter’s workshop → 1530 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUSH CARPENTER a rough amateur carpenter; an unqualified carpenter → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CAFENDER ► CAFFINDER a carpenter → 1842 Eng. dial.
► CARP a carpenter, esp. on a theatre set → 1952 US sl.
► CHIPPIE ► CHIPPY a carpenter → 1916 sl., orig. naval usage
► CHIPS a carpenter; often used as a nickname → 1785 sl., chiefly naval usage
► CUTLASS CARPENTER an unskilled carpenter → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► GEINERE a carpenter → 1876 Eng. dial.
► GHOST a carpenter, painter, or other workman wearing a white uniform → 1961 US sl.
► HAWKATHRAW a country carpenter → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEDGE-CAFFENDER a rough carpenter; a maker and repairer of hedges and rail-fences, etc.; a rough carpenter → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEDGE-CARPENTER 1. a person whose business is to repair hedges and rail-fences → 1883
2. a rough carpenter → 1888 Eng. dial.
► JACKKNIFE CARPENTER an incompetent carpenter; one without much skill → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KAMDA a carpenter → 1937 New Guinea (Bk.)
► MR. CHIPS a ship’s carpenter; usually used as a nickname → 1805 nautical sl.
► NAIL BENDER a carpenter, a blacksmith → 1924 US sl.
► NAILS a carpenter’s mate → 1914 US Navy sl.
► QUIDDER a carpenter in a small way of business → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THUMB-KNOCKER an inexpert carpenter → 1962 Amer. dial.
► THUMB-POUNDER an inexpert carpenter → 1951 Amer. dial.
► TIMBERMAN a carpenter; a person who makes things of timber → 1466 Sc. obs.
► WOOD BUTCHER a carpenter, esp. an incompetent one → 1888 Amer. sl.
► WOODMAN a carpenter → 1855 Eng. dial.
► WOOD-SPOILERS ship’s carpenters → 1950 nautical sl. (Bk.)
► YEWMAN a carpenter → 1848 US sl.

VERBS
► CAFENDERY to practise the trade or pursuit of a carpenter → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CARPENT to make as a carpenter; to put together; to construct mechanically → 1623
► NAIL to work as a carpenter → 1885 US
► QUID to work as a carpenter in a small way → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)