basketwork
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of basketwork
Example Sentences
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The ochers and sharp abstractions of the Southwest desert dominate the region's basketwork and pottery.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Grain was stored in concealed pits in the earth which were lined with drystone or basketwork or clay and made airtight by sealing with clay or dung.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by Reilly, S. A.
The bag usually carried by gins was neatly wove in basketwork and composed of a wiry kind of rush.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas
The jar is thoroughly insulated, cased in basketwork and provided with a cover, as seen in the illustration.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)
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