scrollwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrollwork
Example Sentences
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Our style was called ram’s head: two swoopy pieces of scrollwork with what looks like an urn in the middle.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021
These fancy and fanciful houses are what can happen when you go nutso with a jigsaw: wooden gingerbread and curlicues and scrollwork and turned balustrades galore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2021
On tours, one thing you will notice and perhaps tire of is the parade of antique buildings with gargoyles, scrollwork, and, likely, no elevators.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2019
More likely, the labels say, they were a kind of ear ornament, worn along with the more familiar-looking hoops and hooks incised with geometric patterns and scrollwork.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2011
“Not the gingerbread you eat. Gingerbread is the name for the carving and scrollwork that decorated the hulls of pirate ships,” said Mom.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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