workmanship

From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman +‎ -ship.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/

workmanship (countable and uncountable, plural workmanships)

1. The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
   • 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163:

     The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system.

2. The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

• craftsmanship

• “workmanship”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.