chainwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chainwork
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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
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 G. (Gaston) Maspero
The back part is composed of an intricate kind of chainwork, which bends when the book is opened, and the sides are embossed with a variety of devices.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon
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 Edgar Fawcett
From a men-bag made of brazen chainwork he drew out a set of men adorned with flashing jewels, and he set them in array.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
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