strapwork

or strap-work

[ strap-wurk ]

/ ˈstræpˌwɜrk /

noun Architecture.

a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.

Origin of strapwork

First recorded in 1750–60; strap + work

Words nearby strapwork

strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy, strapwork, Strasberg, Strasbourg, strass, strata, stratagem

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Example sentences from the Web for strapwork

On the entablature, enriched with medallions and strapwork, is a frame supported by boys and containing the da Silva arms.
Portuguese Architecture|Walter Crum Watson
Most elaborate of all is the barrel vault, where each coffer is filled with round or square panels surrounded with strapwork.
Portuguese Architecture|Walter Crum Watson
Just a little patch of strapwork in the middle of the waste.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
This attic is panelled, and on it stand obelisk-bearing pedestals, one above each column, and between them pediments of strapwork.
Portuguese Architecture|Walter Crum Watson

We find acanthus ornament in wood and in metal, the strapwork of the Tudor carver on wood and on silver.
Chats on Old Sheffield Plate|Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for strapwork

strap work

noun

architect decorative work resembling interlacing straps

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单词	strapwork
释义	strapwork or strap-work [ strap-wurk ] / ˈstræpˌwɜrk / noun Architecture. a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern. Origin of strapwork First recorded in 1750–60; strap + work Words nearby strapwork strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy, strapwork, Strasberg, Strasbourg, strass, strata, stratagem Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for strapwork On the entablature, enriched with medallions and strapwork, is a frame supported by boys and containing the da Silva arms. Portuguese Architecture\|Walter Crum Watson Most elaborate of all is the barrel vault, where each coffer is filled with round or square panels surrounded with strapwork. Portuguese Architecture\|Walter Crum Watson Just a little patch of strapwork in the middle of the waste. Mushroom Town\|Oliver Onions This attic is panelled, and on it stand obelisk-bearing pedestals, one above each column, and between them pediments of strapwork. Portuguese Architecture\|Walter Crum Watson We find acanthus ornament in wood and in metal, the strapwork of the Tudor carver on wood and on silver. Chats on Old Sheffield Plate\|Arthur Hayden British Dictionary definitions for strapwork strap work noun architect decorative work resembling interlacing straps Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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