screen workn.
/ˈskriːn wəːk/, U.S. /ˈskrin ˌwərk/ 1. Now usually in form screenwork. Screens that partition or enclose an area or space, considered collectively. Also figurative. Cf. screening n. 4b.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall
woughc888
wallOE
middle wallc1384
parclose1387
partitionc1450
screena1475
hallan1490
parpen wall1506
parpal walla1525
midwall1589
partition wall1605
inwall?1611
parpalling1621
screen work1648
sconce1695
stud partition1775
screening1850
scrap screen1873
parclose screen1889
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck at Voye The Top of some schreene-worke.
1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 331 The oldest piece of screen-work that has been noticed is at Compton church, Surrey.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. ix. 354 Unhappily, behind the screenwork of these poor saints, a whole Irish insurrection was blazing in madness and fury.
1904 F. A. Gasquet Eng. Monastic Life ii. 20 In some places, it is true, certain screenwork divisions appear to have been devised.
1987 V. K. Gupta Tourism in India 40 The inner sanctum is notable for its filigree stone screen work.
2002 Victorian July 14/1 The interior is remarkable for its red-tiled counter front and screenwork between the servery and the rear corridor.
2. Acting, directing, etc., for film or television; film or television work.
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society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > other types of work
church worka1225
kirk work1418
fieldwork1441
labour of love1592
life's work1660
shop work1696
outwork1707
private practice1724
tide-work1739
sales-work1775
marshing1815
work in progress1815
life-work1837
relief work1844
sharp practice1847
near work1850
slop-work1861
repetition work1866
side work1875
rework1878
wage-slavery1886
work in progress1890
war work1891
busywork1893
screen work1912
staff-work1923
gig work1927
knowledge work1959
WIP1966
telework1970
playwork1986
laboratory work2002
1912 Connersville (Indiana) Evening News 23 Dec. 6/4 Humor and seriousness were happily blended in the several films, and the excellent singing of Messrs. LeRoy and Schafer formed the usual happy complement to the screen work.
1915 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. vi. 7/4 His acrobatic experiences in posing for the varied scenes of ‘Peer Gynt’ did not convince the English actor that screen work was essential to his happiness.
1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Features section) The coolness left an indelibly mysterious imprint on her earliest screen work.
2012 Albert & Logan News (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 May 35 He had been on the stage all his life, but only started doing screen work three years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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