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Meaning of TURNERY

Pronunciation:  'turnuree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  products made on a lathe
  2. [n]  workshop where objects are made on a lathe
 
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 See Also: product, production, shop, workshop

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]
1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or
   other forms by means of a lathe.
2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
         Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs,
         arms, and legs loaded with turnery.   --Walpole.
 
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