Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carpentry \Car"pen*try\, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also
   carpenterie. See {Carpenter}.]
   1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the
      construction of buildings.

   2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being
      framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.;
      work done by a carpenter.

Source : WordNet®

carpentry
     n : the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: {woodworking},
          {woodwork}]