strapwork

American  

[strap-wurk] / ˈstræpˌwɜrk /

Or strap-work

noun

Architecture.

1. a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.

---

Etymology

Origin of strapwork

First recorded in 1750–60; strap ( def. ) + work ( def. )

Example Sentences

Just a little patch of strapwork in the middle of the waste.

From Project Gutenberg

The chief characteristics of Elizabethan architecture are: windows of great size both in the plane of the wall and deeply embayed, ceilings very richly decorated in relief, galleries of great length, very tall and highly-decorated chimneys, as well as a profuse use of ornamental strapwork in the parapets, window-heads, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1568 we find the first edition of the “Bishops’” Bible adorned with an engraved titlepage in the centre of which, in an oval, is a not unpleasing portrait of the Queen, holding sceptre and orb, set in a mass of strapwork, amid which are seated Charity and Faith with the royal arms between them, while below the portrait a lion and dragon support a cartouche enclosing a text.

From Project Gutenberg

His most noted productions were a flagon and salver, with figures, emblems, marks, and strapwork.

From Project Gutenberg

Two schemes are used for the backgrounds, one, red with lozenge-shaped squares enclosed by white and gold strapwork, and the other, blue with similarly bordered squares.

From Project Gutenberg