cabinetmaker

[ kab-uh-nit-mey-ker ]

/ ˈkæb ə nɪtˌmeɪ kər /

a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.

Origin of cabinetmaker

First recorded in 1675–85; cabinet + maker

He was a cabinet-maker, and the camp-table he made for us was the envy of the whole camp.

Overland Tales |Josephine Clifford
One who is a cabinet-maker, and performs neat work as captain's joiner.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
The cabinet-maker said it could not be finished in less than six weeks more.

The Peasant and the Prince |Harriet Martineau
He becomes a cabinet-maker, for instance, because his ancestors always have been cabinet-makers.

The Soul of the Far East |Percival Lowell

This artist unites in his business some of the operations of the cabinet-maker, turner, and brazier.

Popular Technology; Volume 2 |Edward Hazen

cabinet-maker

a craftsman specializing in the making of fine furniture

cabinet-making, noun