hatchetwork

[ hach-it-wurk ]

noun

1. destruction, damage, or paring done by or as if by a hatchet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchetwork¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; hatchet + work

Example Sentences

As we rattled over dusty, unpaved roads, two of the estate’s dogs bounding through scrub and tall grass beside us, we learned of the dangerous, precise hatchetwork required to harvest the bark of the cork oaks.

From Wall Street Journal