v. rare. [ad. med.L. carpent-āre to cut or make as a carpenter; cf. F. charpenter, in the senses here given.] trans. To make as a carpenter; fig. to put together, construct mechanically. Hence Carpented ppl. a.
1623. Favine, Theat. Hon., II. xiii. 231. Extended upon the Crosse, made and carpented of Oake.
1878. T. Sinclair, Mount, 75. With carpented Columbiads unfortunately he [Poe] condemned poetry not founded at all on the tour de force plan of little ambitious prosaic spirits.
