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单词 honeycomb work
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honeycomb work
honeycomb work n. (a) a natural structure, decoration, ornamentation, etc., having a honeycomb pattern, or made to resemble honeycomb in some way; (b) Architecture ornamentation on a ceiling (esp. of a dome or arch) consisting of clusters of small vaulted arches arranged intricately in overhanging tiers, typical of Moorish architecture (cf. stalactite n. 3).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > gathered work
honeycomb work1724
honeycombing1889
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > pendants
pendant1506
honeycomb1838
honeycomb work1839
pendentive1845
pendanting1851
stalactite1851
wall-piece1860
stalactite-work1902
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > interlaced
fretc1385
friar knots1488
chainwork1551
knot1638
Gordian knotc1660
meander1706
entrelac1723
triquetra1845
knotwork1851
strapwork1854
Celtic knot1865
snake-knot1866
aligreek1867
plaitwork1871
honeycomb work1874
strap-ornament1895
honeycomb1924
1724 W. Stukeley Of Spleen 19 The substance of the spleen is an artful composure of caverns and honeycomb-work made by the arteries, veins and fibrous pillars or little muscles delicately enterlac'd one among another.
1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. v. 198 Astroites, coral, of tubular texture, with small stars on the surface, and honeycomb-work within side.
1839 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 79 The vaulted part of the recesses is covered with elaborate specimens of that honeycomb work which is so common in the Alhambra.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 127 Snow-white smock-frocks..marked on the wrists, breasts, backs, and sleeves with honeycomb-work.
1900 New Cabinet Cycl. VII. 339/1 The use of clustered pendentives (honeycomb work) to form a transition from the quadrangular area under a dome to the arch of the dome itself.
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Apr. b4 The home..features elaborate honeycomb work on the foyer ceiling.
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