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.

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Etymology

Origin of strapwork

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

Example Sentences

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strapwork

Not only is John Wayne pointing both guns at his assailants, but his strapwork is also exemplary.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2010

On the entablature, enriched with medallions and strapwork, is a frame supported by boys and containing the da Silva arms.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

A full-page picture of the Evangelist precedes each Gospel, and a composite border frames each miniature in a bewildering pattern of intertwining strapwork and wonderful designs of imaginary beasts.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.

The inside is richer; the wooden ceiling is painted, the shallow chancel and the side chapels vaulted with barrel vaults, of which those in the chapels are enriched with elaborate strapwork.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

This attic is panelled, and on it stand obelisk-bearing pedestals, one above each column, and between them pediments of strapwork.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum