The following are the technical terms commonly used in carpentry
- Shooting: The art of dressing of edges of timber pieces so as to make them straight and square with the face.
- Rebating: The process of preparing a rectangular portion on the edge of a timber piece so as to receive another timber piece which is also similarly cut.
- Sawing: The art of cutting of wood by means of the saws is known as the sawing.
- Studding: The fixing of small timber battens to the timber walls to which laths and boards are to be nailed.