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English
Etymology
From turn + -ery.
Pronunciation
Noun
turnery (countable and uncountable, plural turneries)
- The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
- Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
- August 20, 1761, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.
- Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery.
- A place where lathework is carried out.
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