woodcarver

[ woo d-kahr-ver ]

/ ˈwʊdˌkɑr vər /

a person whose occupation is woodcarving.

Origin of woodcarver

First recorded in 1855–60; wood¹ + carve + -er¹

Its grand proportions, its high-pitched roof and pendants, display the art of the woodcarver in great excellence.

Chats on Old Furniture |Arthur Hayden
The woodcarver and his wife, and the beautiful Nadine, had vanished with the shadows of the night.

Fifty-Two Stories For Girls |Various
The joiner, the woodcarver, the lapidary, and the goldsmith all worked together on such things.

Intarsia and Marquetry |F. Hamilton Jackson
Little Nikas gave him such a box on the ear that he had to sit down on the woodcarver's steps.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo

It is an important example of the American woodcarver's art, and is equivalent to the best work of the Skillin brothers.

Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers |Silvio A. Bedini