workmanship
English
Etymology
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From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
workmanship (countable and uncountable, plural workmanships)
- The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
- 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163:
- The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system.
- The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Synonyms
Translations
the skill of an artisan or craftsman
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the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman
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References
- “workmanship”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Middle English
Noun
workmanship
- (Wiltshire) alternative form of werkmanschipe
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