smithery

[ smith-uh-ree ]

/ ˈsmɪθ ə ri /

the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.

Origin of smithery

First recorded in 1615–25; smith + -ery

With its own corn-mill, saw-mill, and smithery, each plantation is almost independent of the neighborhood around it.

Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field |Thomas W. Knox
He took to tinkering and smithery, because no better employments were at his command.

The Romany Rye |George Borrow
In 1955 archeologists discovered the site of an early seventeenth century forge or smithery near historic Jamestown church.

A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities and Industries |J. Paul Hudson
I must have half of that £15 this month, or not another ounce of smithery coal do you get out of me.

The Early Life of Mark Rutherford |Mark Rutherford

Blacksmith, in debt something like £15 for smithery coal, comes from his forge at the side of the house to meet him.

The Early Life of Mark Rutherford |Mark Rutherford

smithery

/ (ˈsmɪθərɪ) /

the trade or craft of a blacksmith

a rare word for smithy