·noun The act or art of one who carves.
II. Carving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Carve.
III. Carving ·noun A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material.
IV. Carving ·noun The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.