Basketwork

Quick meaning: Basketwork is a noun meaning Material woven in the style of a basket.

Meaning

Material woven in the style of a basket.

More Meanings

1. The craft of making such material.

Example Sentences

Once again he leaned forward, his hands grasping the basket-work rim of his chair.

Once a week each of the girls, since there were seven of them, took a drive with the mother in the old basketwork chaise drawn by a very fat, very lumbering pony.

In one of his letters to Mrs [Madge] Kendal, Joseph [Merrick] mentioned that he hoped one day to be able to learn basket work. She promptly arranged for an instructor to teach him the craft.

[T]he smoke, having no means to escape but through a hole in the roof, eddied round the rafters of the cottage, and hung in sable folds at the height of about five feet from the floor. The space beneath was kept pretty clear, by innumerable currents of air which rushed towards the fire from the broken pannel of basket-work which served as a door, [...]

Word Forms

• basketworks
• basket work
• basket-work

Synonyms for basketwork

Depending on context, synonyms include wicker, wickerwork, basketry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include basket work, basketware, workbasket, basketry, basketweaving, basketweave.

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