strapwork

or strap-work

[ strap-wurk ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.

Word History and Origins

Origin of strapwork¹

First recorded in 1750–60; strap ( def ) + work ( def )

Example Sentences

A yet more usual plan with us was to make the strapwork in colour, as at Salisbury.

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It came in very conveniently in the French windows, in which the design consisted largely of white strapwork.

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Just a little patch of strapwork in the middle of the waste.

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The jewel is bordered by strapwork à jour of opaque blue and white enamel set with table diamonds and rubies.

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The patterns, reserved in white upon a black ground, are composed of curves of flat and broken strapwork.

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