Meaning of Turnery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
   countable, uncountable
2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
   countable, uncountable
3. A place where lathework is carried out.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“August 20, 1761, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq. Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery.”

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