safemaking

safemaking

English

Etymology

safe +‎ making

Noun

safemaking (uncountable)

1. The manufacture of safes.
   • 1919, Texas. Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station. Engineering Experiment Station, Bulletin (issues 21-34, page 70)

     Let us hope that always in road building, as in safemaking, the burglar has been just a little ahead of the safemakers.