Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The skill of a craftsperson or artisan.
- noun The quality of something made, as by an artisan.
- noun Something made or produced by a workman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or skill of a workman: as, his workmanship was of a high order.
- noun The execution or finish shown in anything made; the quality of anything with reference to the excellence or the reverse in its construction or execution.
- noun The product or result of the labor and skill of a workman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
- noun That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
skill of anartisan orcraftsman - noun The
quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun skill in an occupation or trade
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such vehicles hark back to an era of class and pride in workmanship - and when "going green" merely meant feeling rather ill.
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Such vehicles hark back to an era of class and pride in workmanship - and when "going green" merely meant feeling rather ill.
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I hope all this enjoyment eventually translates into objects whose workmanship is not too shoddy.
Home Sewing Boom in England Linda 2008
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The best fitting syn stock to metal I ever saw and the workmanship is superior to most Syn stocked firearms.
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I hope all this enjoyment eventually translates into objects whose workmanship is not too shoddy.
Archive 2008-05-01 Linda 2008
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There is not the pride in workmanship by all, now days as there was in the past.
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After the person has finished, you notice the workmanship is very sloppy.
Activities for English Corner (or Oral English class) « Peace Corps: China 2007
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Florals, plains, trim on collars etc are all excellent and the workmanship is very high quality - and larger lady friendly! her summer range is delightful and contains at least one dress!
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To the modern observer, the level of workmanship is extraordinary.
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
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I am having some wood replacement windows made right now and the workmanship is very good.
bilby commented on the word workmanship
"As Puppets are to Men, and Babies to Children, so is Man’s Workmanship to God’s: We are the Picture, he the Reality.
God’s Works declare his Power, Wisdom and Goodness; but Man’s Works, for the most part, his Pride, Folly and Excess. The one is for use, the other, chiefly, for Ostentation and Lust."
- William Penn, 'Fruits of Solitude'.
September 8, 2009