basketwork

[bas-kit-wurk, bah-skit-]

noun

objects, textiles, etc., made or woven in the manner of a basket; basketry; wickerwork; interwoven work.

Origin of basketwork

First recorded in 1760–70; basket + work

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Examples from the Web for basketwork

Historical Examples

Lobsters are caught in pots made of basketwork, just as crabs are.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood
This gives to the organ the appearance of basketwork or network.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide
Augusta Foote Arnold
The bag usually carried by gins was neatly wove in basketwork and composed of a wiry kind of rush.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2 (of 2)
Thomas Mitchell
Would it be sinful to take some of my basketwork and send back the money next week?
Homespun Tales
Kate Douglas Wiggin
The patterns, usually copied from basketwork, show the source of the forms of the cups and vases.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1900
Various

British Dictionary definitions for basketwork

basketwork

noun

another word for wickerwork

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Examples from the Web for basketwork

Historical Examples

Lobsters are caught in pots made of basketwork, just as crabs are.

This gives to the organ the appearance of basketwork or network.

The bag usually carried by gins was neatly wove in basketwork and composed of a wiry kind of rush.

Would it be sinful to take some of my basketwork and send back the money next week?

The patterns, usually copied from basketwork, show the source of the forms of the cups and vases.

basketwork

Origin of basketwork