See Also: woodman(medicine)
woodman(dictionary)

woodman (iou)



woodman noun. Pl. -men. LME.
[from WOOD noun1 + MAN noun. Cf. WOODSMAN.]
A person who hunts game in a wood or forest; a huntsman. Long arch. LME.
A person who looks after the trees in a wood or forest, a forester or forester's assistant; a person who fells or lops trees for timber or fuel. Also, a person who provides or sells wood. LME.
An inhabitant of the woods, (a figure representing) a wild man; = WOODWOSE. LME-L18.
A workman who makes something of wood, esp. the woodwork of a carriage. rare. L19.
Comb.: woodmancraft, woodmanscraft = woodmanship.
woodmanship noun the business or skill of a woodman L16.