noun

• 1The action or skill of making objects on a lathe.

  ‘the boys were instructed in turnery’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Guava, lemon, sycamore, olive, date, willow wood are used in turnery as they have different ornamental color.’
  • ‘It is difficult to work with hand tools, but is an excellent wood for turnery and carving.’
  • ‘The art of Nagiso turnery is bringing out the beauty of the natural woodgrain to its limit.’
  • ‘Wood turnery simply refers to the process of creating legs or spindles turned on a lathe.’
  • ‘This type of turnery was produced as a direct result of a dispute between the Guild of Furniture Makers and the Guild of Turners.’
  • ‘He makes his asymmetrical turnery not because he regards the asymmetrical form beautiful or the symmetrical ugly but because, as he works, he is perfectly unaware of such polarities.’
  • ‘It is excellent for turnery and can be worked to a smooth, lustrous finish.’
  • ‘The demand for exotic turnery woods has increased significantly in the past two years, in first place from the United States and some European countries.’

  1. 1.1Objects made on a lathe.
     More example sentences

     • ‘the house was full of unsold turnery’