blacksmithing
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈblækˌsmɪθɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
forja
- He learned blacksmithing as an apprentice, mastering the art of forging and repairing various metal items.
Examples
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The latter followed occupations that included pottery making, leather tanning, carpentry, and blacksmithing.
Academic text (1998) -
The first stage of barrel making involved blacksmithing.
Academic text (2007) -
There will be some blacksmithing coming up because I love, I love love, love moving metal.
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Did some blacksmithing once or twice.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the 15th century, it started with blacksmithing.
Academic text (2007) -
We no longer need to teach students blacksmithing to shoe a horse when the automobile is today's mode of transportation.
Academic text (1995) -
Listen to these courses: horseshoeing and horsemanship, blacksmithing.
Fiction book (1998) -
Work will not be limited to modern art but will comprise traditional artistic activities like dyeing, pottery, carving, or blacksmithing.
Academic text (2009) -
And of course they discussed their blacksmithing class, and Allie teased them about their bracelets and clucked with concern about the dangers of the forge.
Fiction book (2001) -
In an account of his Benin experience, he took note of the high quality of Edo craftsmanship: "Their chief industries, as far as I could learn, were molding in bronze, carving on ivory, and blacksmithing work generally, at all of which they are most skillful and proficient."
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
1
3.5
Work that shapes metal into useful or decorative objects with tools
1
5.8
A craft of making and fixing metal things by heating and hitting them
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3.8
Making objects by shaping and joining pieces of metal
The craft of shaping iron to make tools and structures
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
blacksmithing = blacksmith (transparent) = black + smith + ing
The noun is transparently formed from the occupational noun 'blacksmith' plus '-ing' to denote the activity or craft.
Etymology
Blacksmithing comes from two simple parts: black and smith, where smith means a 'maker' or 'worker' and black points to the dark color of heated metal and the soot from the forge. So, blacksmithing is the craft of shaping and repairing metal by heating and hammering it by hand.