Carving

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Old English ceorfan ‘cut, carve’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kerven .

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carving (n.)

c. 1200, "the action of cutting," verbal noun from carve. From late 14c. as "action of carving meat at the table," also "carved work, something carved." Carving-knife is from early 15c.