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ˈchain-work, chain work
1. Ornamental work, in sculpture, etc., resembling chains.
1551Bible 1 Kings vii. 17 And whopes of chayne-worcke for the heed peces. 1611ibid., Wreathes of chaine worke, for the chapiters. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton ii. (1840) 35 One of the bracelets [was] of chain-work. 1815Moore Lalla R. (1862) 29 But a light, golden chain-work round her hair. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. II. iii. §31 The..archivolts enriched with studded chainwork.
2. Work consisting of metal rings or links intertwined so as to form a net-work.
1864Times 5 July (L.) The efficiency of iron chain-work as a defensive armour for ships of war. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. vii. 107 The body armour is a shirt..formed of interwoven rings, or chain-work. 1886Rider Haggard K. Solomon's Mines xv. 240 We examined the armour..It was the most beautiful chain work we had ever seen.
3. A texture formed by knitting or looping with a single thread, as in the manufacture of hosiery.
1833Brewster Nat. Magic xi. 289 The article Chain-work in the Edinburgh Encyclopædia. 1875Ure Dict. Arts II. 813 Hosiery..is composed of a single thread united or looped together in a peculiar manner, which is called stocking-stitch, and sometimes chain-work. |