(i) Carcass: This is a body or the „bare bones of a boxlike construction. Any wide boards joined together to make such articles as boxes, cupboards, sideboards etc for a carcass. In other words, it is the skeleton of a job before it is covered up with plywood or other similar materials.
(ii) Pocketing: This refers to an opening in a wall in which a beam is to be inserted. It also refers to a situation where a piece of wood is buried into another. This also refers to a situation where a hole is cut for a wood screw to occupy.
(iii) Keying: Keying is a special hard wood piece let into a joint to strengthen it, such as double dovetail key or a feather, or a small slip let into a mitre joint.
(iv) Wedging: This is when two tampered pieces of wood are in timbering, centering or in formwork for decking as means of easing and adjustment.
(v) Shooting: Shooting refers to the planning of an end of a piece of wood or an end grain of wood sometimes in conjunction with a shooting board.