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smithery

/smith-uh-ree/US // ˈsmɪθ ə ri //UK // (ˈsmɪθərɪ) //

冶炼厂,铁匠铺,冶炼,石匠

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural smith·er·ies.

    • : the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.

Examples

  • In 1955 archeologists discovered the site of an early seventeenth century forge or smithery near historic Jamestown church.

  • Blacksmith, in debt something like £15 for smithery coal, comes from his forge at the side of the house to meet him.

  • I must have half of that £15 this month, or not another ounce of smithery coal do you get out of me.

  • He took to tinkering and smithery, because no better employments were at his command.

  • With its own corn-mill, saw-mill, and smithery, each plantation is almost independent of the neighborhood around it.