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knotwork|ˈnɒtwɜːk|
1. Ornamental work consisting of, or (as in Arch.) representing, cords or the like intertwined and knotted together.
1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. ii. 237 The interlaced knotwork so favourite a device of Celtic Art. Ibid. II. iv. iv. 292 The ornamentation vulgarly called Runic knot-work. 1863–9Dict. Archit., Knot work, the term lately given to a species of ornament of great variety and beauty, met with in manuscripts, on articles of attire, on monuments, and in the architecture, of the middle ages. 1868G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 389 The borders themselves, with their varied sculpture of knotwork and rope work, seem decidedly British.
2. A kind of fancy needlework.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Knot Work, this is an old work recently introduced from the continent into England..the modern Knot Work is made with fine silk on thread knotted over crochet cotton or cord, with its edging made with crochet. |