scrollwork

American  

[skrohl-wurk] / ˈskroʊlˌwɜrk /

noun

1. decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.

2. ornamental work cut out with a scroll saw.

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scrollwork British  

/ ˈskrəʊlˌwɜːk /

noun

1. ornamental work in scroll-like patterns, esp when done with a scroll saw

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Etymology

Origin of scrollwork

First recorded in 1730–40; scroll + work

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Example Sentences

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scrollwork

Hidden in the filigreed scrollwork is a bas-relief of St. George on a horse fighting a dragon.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022

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

Overlapping polychrome circles and squares from the 1920s gave way to the postwar bombast of oversize sickle motifs and quasi-neoclassical rosettes and scrollwork.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2020

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

He brought it down: a huge tome bound in pale-green velvet with a filigreed layer of silver scrollwork laid over it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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