chainwork

American  

[cheyn-wurk] / ˈtʃeɪnˌwɜrk /

noun

1. any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.

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Etymology

Origin of chainwork

First recorded in 1545–55; chain + work

Example Sentences

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chainwork

At its end the knight is often locked in plates from head to foot, no chainwork showing save the camail edge under the helm and the fringe of the mail skirt or hawberk.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The house is filled with hum of voices eddying through the spacious chambers; lit lamps hang down by golden chainwork, and flaming tapers expel the night.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

They were presently strolling along the stone-paved esplanade, with its granite posts connected by loops of one continuous iron chainwork.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Some are anklets and armlets, and consist merely of plain gold rings, both solid and hollow, bordered with plaited chainwork in imitation of filigree.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)

They have once had an arcade of low wide arches traced on their surface, the spandrils filled with leafage, and archivolts enriched with studded chainwork and with crosses in their centres.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John