[car.pen.ter] n [ME, fr. ONF carpentier, fr. L carpentarius carriage maker, fr. carpentum carriage, of Celt origin; akin to OIr carpat chariot, carr vehicle--more at car] (14c): a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts
[2]carpenter vb -tered ; -ter.ing vi (ca. 1815): to follow the trade of a carpenter "~ed when he was young" ~ vt 1: to make by or as if by carpentry
2: to put together often in a mechanical manner "~ed many television scripts"