Definition of "carpentering"

Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling.

1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket‎

I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.

1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates‎

Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts [...]

1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962

Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering, designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar.

2007 January 26, Deanna Isaacs, “Have Your Rebellion and Deduct It Too”, in Chicago Reader‎