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woodlore

woodlore noun: skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.

Noun

woodlore (uncountable)

  1. Skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.
    • The man who understands woodlore identifies with nature because he participates instead of intrudes, and this is the reason why a true hunter has a better appreciation of wildlife and conservation[…]1972, Field and Stream, volume 77, number 3, page 28
    • A bit of shaping and fine tuning and you have what you need to make fire. A bow- drill. Peeling the loose bark from a dead vine as Ray Meers had shown me on one of his woodlore courses the previous year, […]2005, Andrew Lindsay, The Washing Machine Man's Travels - Page 53

Origin of woodlore

From wood + lore.

Questions about woodlore

What does woodlore mean?
Woodlore means skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.
What part of speech is woodlore?
Woodlore is a noun.

Words near woodlore in the dictionary

  1. Woodling
  2. woodlizard
  3. woodlizards
  4. Woodlock
  5. Woodlocks
  6. woodlore
  7. woodlot
  8. woodlots
  9. woodlouse
  10. woodlouse spider
  11. woodlouse spiders

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