Definition of "woodwork"

Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals.

2008 September 14, Bill Cunniff, “A stroll through OLD IRVING PARK”, in The Chicago Sun-Times

The unthinking man assumes that if woodwork is to be taught, the best person to do it must be a carpenter

1906, Tasmania. Education Dept, The educational record, volumes 1-6, page 14

The woodworks now find utilization for almost every scrap. Pine stumps are changing into turpentine bottles.

1911, North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, Economic papers, numbers 23-28, page 7

Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎

"Instead of 'woodworking,' or disappearing into the mainstream — as we are capable of and qualified to do — we have chosen not to do so." Outside of the transsexual community, other changes were taking place that made it possible for […]

1997, Patrick Califia, Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism

Maybe — and this was essential for political activism — you didn't have to "woodwork" but could be transgendered for all to see. By the mid '90s the Internet had arrived — and spread these new ideas like wildfire. […]

2001 November, Out, page 80