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

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

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 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

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 Reid, Stephen

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 Curzon, Robert