basketwork
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of basketwork
Example Sentences
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On her two lofty basketwork masts, which looked like Eiffel Towers, the resourceful professor planned to rig square sails which would unfurl, furl at the touch of a button.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ochers and sharp abstractions of the Southwest desert dominate the region's basketwork and pottery.
From Time Magazine Archive
The interior was singularly neat; clean wooden bowls, with each a cover of basketwork, for holding their milk, were hung against the wall.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
Their clothes were not made of skins, but were something different from anything I had ever seen; it was more like fine basketwork than anything I know of.
From Old Mission Stories of California by Charles Franklin Carter
Used for barrel hoops, basketwork, cabinetwork and interior of houses.
From Seasoning of Wood by J. B. (Joseph Bernard) Wagner
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