strapwork

or strap-work

[ strap-wurk ]

/ ˈstræpˌwɜrk /

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noun Architecture.

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

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Origin of strapwork

First recorded in 1750–60; strap + work

Words nearby strapwork

strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy, strapwork, Strasberg, Strasbourg, strass, strata, stratagem

How to use strapwork in a sentence

A yet more usual plan with us was to make the strapwork in colour, as at Salisbury.
Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass|Lewis F. Day
It came in very conveniently in the French windows, in which the design consisted largely of white strapwork.
Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass|Lewis F. Day
Just a little patch of strapwork in the middle of the waste.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
The jewel is bordered by strapwork à jour of opaque blue and white enamel set with table diamonds and rubies.
Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,

The patterns, reserved in white upon a black ground, are composed of curves of flat and broken strapwork.
Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,

British Dictionary definitions for strapwork

strap work

noun

architect decorative work resembling interlacing straps

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