Joinery \Join"er*y\, n. The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner; doing the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.
A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. --Burke.
I admired the joinery especially. No 1 Cumberland Place, NW1, on the east side of Regent's Park, costs Pounds 5.85m for a 72-year lease from the Crown.
The company claims to be the victim of raw material costs, but that is hardly supported by the performance of businesses such as John Carr, the Rugby-owned joinery business, which enjoys margins of about 11 per cent.
In 1988, for example, Tarmac had sold more than 12,000 homes from just 270 sites. The group also announced the intended sale of its joinery business, the 11th of 19 planned disposals.
RESULTS DUE BET, the business services conglomerate, is likely to report pre-tax profits sharply down today at about Pounds 110m after an extremely tough year in joinery, personnel and plant hire.