basketry

bas·ket·ry

B0103400 (băs′kĭ-trē)n.1. The craft or process of making baskets or objects woven like baskets.2. Baskets and similar objects of interwoven material considered as a group. Also called basketwork.

basketry

(ˈbɑːskɪtrɪ) n1. (Crafts) the art or practice of making baskets2. baskets collectively

bas•ket•ry

(ˈbæs kɪ tri, ˈbɑ skɪ-)

n. 1. baskets collectively; basketwork. 2. the art or process of making baskets. [1850–55]

Thesaurus

Noun

basketry - the craft of basket making craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

Translations

像篮筐类编织的物品编制篮筐的技艺

basket

(ˈbaːskit) noun a container made of strips of wood, rushes etc woven together. She carried a large basket. 篮，筐 ˈbasketball noun a game in which goals are scored by throwing a ball into a net on a high post. 篮球 adjectivea basketball court.篮球的ˈbasketry noun basketwork. 编制篮筐的技艺，像篮筐类编织的物品 ˈbasketwork noun articles made of plaited rushes etc. 以灯心草编成的物品 adjectivea basketwork chair.灯心草编织的

basketry

basketry,

art of weaving or coiling and sewing flexible materials to form vessels or other commodities. The materials used include twigs, roots, strips of hide, splints, osier willows, bamboo splits, cane or rattan, raffia, grasses, straw, and crepe paper. Discoveries in the W United States indicate that the use of clay-covered baskets for cooking probably led to making pottery, while in the Andaman Islands pottery was evidently made first. In Egypt baskets used for storing grain in 4000 or 5000 B.C. have been excavated. The tombs of Etruria have yielded ancient specimens, and these, as well as much later Roman baskets, display weaving strokes still in use. Basketry has been employed by primitive peoples for rude huts, which they daubed with clay, and for articles of dress and adornment, granaries, traps, boats, cooking utensils, water vessels, and other utilities. There are two types of baskets—woven and coiled or sewn—but variety is afforded by the many different strokes, forms, and methods of decoration. There are many large commercial basket-weaving establishments, but basketry is still a popular home industry and is taught in schools and as occupational therapy in hospitals.

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noun the craft of basket making

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