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wickerwork|ˈwɪkəwɜːk|
[f. wicker n. + work n.]
Work consisting of wickers; a structure of flexible twigs, osiers, or the like plaited together; basket-work.
1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 252 We fell to work to make more Wicker Work. 1780Cowper A Fable 3 A raven..on her wicker-work high mounted Her chickens prematurely counted. 1836Thirlwall Greece xiv. II. 214 The houses of Sardis were chiefly of wicker-work. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes ii, Every plank and timber creaked, as if the ship were made of wicker-work. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvi. III. 622 Those rude coracles of wickerwork covered with the skins of horses, in which the Celtic peasantry fished for trout and salmon.
attrib.1846Sharpe Hist. Egypt xi. 376 Ceylon..had often been reached from Africa..in wickerwork boats made of papyrus. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) xiii. 305 A house with open wickerwork sides.
Hence ˈwickerworked |-wɜːkt| a., made of or inclosed in wickerwork; ˈwickerworker, one who makes wickerwork.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 80 Basket maker... Wicker Worker. 1900‘H. Lawson’ Over Sliprails 66 A big old wicker-worked demijohn. |