sloyd

American  

[sloid] / slɔɪd /

Or sloid,

noun

1. a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.

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Etymology

Origin of sloyd

1880–85; < Swedish slöjd craft, industrial art, woodworking; cognate with sleight

Example Sentences

They are taught all sorts of handwork, basketry, weaving, knitting, modeling, and chair caning, and, when old enough, they are sent with the other children to sewing, cooking, sloyd and music classes.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Foley, Kate M.

The value of playgrounds and gardens in cities, and of children's classes in sloyd or manual training in the country, cannot be over-estimated.

From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French

Home sloyd was installed in an institution of its own for training teachers at Nääs.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

Why, some of those little chaps in the sloyd room can chisel and plane like carpenters.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware

In 1877 sloyd work was added to the Folk School instruction of Sweden.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson