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chip carving
noun
- wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
Word History and Origins
Origin of chip carving1
Example Sentences
What with repoussé work and stencilling and chip carving, I hardly ever get half an hour to enjoy a book.
Latterly chip carving became the fashion, as it was then possible to obtain the necessary articles from a German firm through the canteen.
This being so, there is no inherent reason why such a rudimentary form of the art as "chip" carving should not be practised in a way consistent with its true nature and limitations.
One of the simplest forms of wood-carving is that known as "chip" carving.
She and Ulyth pottered together over photography, mounted specimens for the museum, tried new stitches in embroidery, and worked at the same patterns in chip carving.
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