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Carpenter Gothic — Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter s Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures… … Wikipedia
Carpenter's Coffee House — (later known as The Finish , The Queen s Head and Jack s ) was a coffee house in Covent Garden, London, established by George Carpenter some time around 1762.George Carpenter had been a strongman and then worked as a porter in Covent Garden. By… … Wikipedia
Carpenter, Colorado — Carpenter is a ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, twelve miles northeast of Grand Junction at the end of an extension to 27¼ Road. The settlement was established by William Thomas Carpenter early in 1890 to provide the miners who … Wikipedia
carpenter — [kär′pən tər] n. [ME & Anglo Fr < LL carpentarius, carpenter, wagon maker < L carpentum, two wheeled carriage, cart < Gaul] a workman who builds and repairs wooden things, esp. the wooden parts of buildings, ships, etc. vi. to do a… … English World dictionary
carpenter ant — n. any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers … English World dictionary
Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford — Coordinates: 51°45′12.32″N 1°15′25.09″W / 51.7534222°N 1.2569694°W / 51.7534222; 1.2569694 … Wikipedia
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts — Infobox nrhp | name =Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts nrhp type = caption = The Carpenter Center location= Cambridge, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 22 lat seconds = 23.28 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 6… … Wikipedia
carpenter gothic — (sometimes caps.) a style of Victorian Gothic architecture adapted to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery. * * * U.S. domestic architecture style of the 19th century. The houses executed in this phase of the Gothic… … Universalium
carpenter bee — any of several solitary bees of the family Apidae that nest in solid wood, boring tunnels in which to deposit their eggs. [1830 40] * * * ▪ insect any of a group of small bees in the family Anthophoridae (order Hymenoptera) that are found… … Universalium
carpenter — noun /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pən.tə(ɹ)/ a) A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures. b) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a… … Wiktionary
