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
These primitive boats, basketwork covered with hides, or, as used now, canvas coated with tar, are propelled by a paddle, and are much used for netting salmon.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
This bucket is not made of iron, but of basketwork, usually covered with leather or cloth.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
The flower is of the shape of a star, with petals 3 inches long and � inch wide at the broadest part, forming a basketwork of frost.
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