chainwork
[cheyn-wurk]
- any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
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Origin of chainwork
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The men who were seated in various parts of the chain-work, giving it its first coat of paint, were like captive insects.
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829.Hermann Pckler-Muskau
These are to be laid or stuck on little joins in the chain-work, or clasps, or swivel hinges, where soldering is required.
One took the scaffolds in hand accordingly, and the other the chain-work, so that both were put in progress.
He had a spear, the handle of which weighed three hundred shekels, and a breastplate of chain-work, and a sword.
The Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus
The capitals of these were of the richest workmanship, with net-work, chain-work, and pomegranates.