| 单词 | plaitwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplaitwork plaitwork n. a decorative pattern of interlacing or plaited bands, common in ancient and medieval art. ΘΚΠ 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 1871 A. Ure Dict. Art, Manufactures, & Mines 374 The Leghorn or Tuscan is the straw of a variety of bearded wheat, grown expressly on poor sandy soils, pulled when green, and then bleached. Other kinds of the grass tribe besides wheat furnish straws available for plait-work. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. 43 The transition from plaitwork to knotwork took place in Italy between 563 and 774. 1959 E. A. Fisher Anglo-Saxon Archit. & Sculpt. 69 In interlacement... The patterns were of amazing variety... 1. Regular plaitwork, of simple under and over weave. 2. Broken plaitwork, with breaks in the weave at irregular intervals. 3. Knotwork, derived from plaitwork by introducing breaks, twists and loops in the weave at regular intervals. 1999 Guardian (Nexis) 17 July (Travel section) 6 Everywhere you look there are..the monolithic remains of Celtic crosses carved with intricate plaitwork patterns, with knots and twists and words that tell of saints and kings and abbots. < as lemmas |
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