carver

Etymology

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

noun

1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
2. (dated) A carving knife.
3. (dated) A butcher.
4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
   She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones. 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215
5. (skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.