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. )

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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

These support the main entablature whose cornice and frieze are enriched, the one with egg and tongue and with dentils, and the other with strapwork and with leaves.

From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson

This latter may be of various types, such as flowers, foliage, figures, animals, geometrical forms, interlacing strapwork, quatrefoils, &c., &c.; perhaps several of these motifs may be combined together in the same design.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Grace Christie

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 Walter Crum Watson

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

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend

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