smithcraft

English

Etymology

From Middle English smythcraft, from Old English smiþcræft, equivalent to smith +‎ craft.

Noun

smithcraft (uncountable)

1. The art or occupation of a smith, especially a metalsmith.
   • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):

     Inventors of Pastorage, Smith-craft, and Musick

   • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 240:

     Like Minerva, Brigit was a goddess of poetry and wisdom, and she had two sisters also called Brigit, who presided over leechcraft and smithcraft respectively.

   • 2008, J.T. Sibley, The Hammer of the Smith:

     The villagers were counting on his smithcraft skills to produce the very best weaponry possible.

References

• “smithcraft”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.