What does basketwork mean?
Basketwork means Material woven in the style of a basket..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Material woven in the style of a basket..
1671, John Burbury, A Relation of the Journey of the Right Honourable My Lord Henry Howard from London to Vienna, and thence to Constantinople, London: T. Collins et al., p. 172, The Village Walls resemble those in Hungary, but are something worse, being only long Stakes thrust into the Ground, and crossed through like Basket-work, and so dawbed all over on both sides with Mud and Dirt.
[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, [...]
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.
Once again he leaned forward, his hands grasping the basket-work rim of his chair.
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.
Use basketwork when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Basketwork means Material woven in the style of a basket..
Common synonyms include wicker, wickerwork, basketry, basket weaving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1671, John Burbury, A Relation of the Journey of the Right Honourable My Lord Henry Howard from London to Vienna, and thence to Constantinople, London: T. Collins et al., p. 172, The Village Walls resemble those in Hungary, but are something worse, being only long Stakes thrust into the Ground, and crossed through like Basket-work, and so dawbed all over on both sides with Mud and Dirt.
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