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Noun: woodcarving  'wûd,kaa(r)-ving
  1. A carving created by carving wood
Noun: wood carving
  1. A form of working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.
    "Some of the finest extant examples of early European wood carving are from the Middle Ages in Germany, Russia, Italy and France, where the typical themes of that era were Christian iconography."

Derived forms: woodcarvings

Type of: arts and crafts, carving

Encyclopedia: Woodcarving

Wood carving