Hypertext Webster Gateway: "turnery"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]
1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or
other forms by means of a lathe.

2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.

Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs,
arms, and legs loaded with turnery. --Walpole.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

turnery
n 1: workshop where objects are made on a lathe
2: products made on a lathe


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