Sentence:  He could feel Edain turning like a hound at a scent as they went by a well-equipped bowyer′s <WSD>workstead</WSD>, with rows of recurves hanging to dry inside and billets of ashwood ready to be split and smoothed for arrow shafts. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.