laceworkn.
/ˈleɪswəːk/, U.S. /ˈleɪsˌwərk/ 1. Something resembling lace fabric or its patterns; spec. ornamental metalwork, stonework, etc., having an intricate openwork design.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > openwork > [noun]
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lacework1675
tracery1827
lacery1847
honeycomb1924
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others
popinjay1322
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moss-work1600
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damask branch1634
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lacework1675
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branch-work1702
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festoon work1712
ovum1728
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ram's horn1842
linen-pattern1845
linen-scroll1854
wheel-rood1862
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pattern akin to
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1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. iv. 37 All the Parenchymous parts, as the Pith, Insertions, and Parenchyma of the Bark, are nothing els but Lace-work; the Fibers of the Pith running Horizontally as do the threds in the Lace.
1763 W. Stukeley Palæographia Sacra i. 18 The mullion'd lacework of the windows.
1809 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XXIX. 2066 The present species differs from all the rest in the curious lace-work of its circumference.
1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 22 Mar. 203/1 The tasteful minuteness of the stucco lacework on walls and ceilings.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ix. 173 Numbers of stones with very pretty lacework of various patterns.
1924 B. Rackham & H. Read Eng. Pottery vi. 95 Lacework ornament of the kind associated with Elers ware.
1951 W. Styron Lie down in Darkness vi. 250 He drank, leaving a lacework of foam on his lip.
2004 D. Cohen People who have stolen from Me ix. 86 Ornate buildings—boasting fine wrought iron lacework and balconies.
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a. Lace fabric or trimming; knitting, crocheting, etc., having an openwork pattern resembling this. Also: items made of lace, considered collectively.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace
lace1530
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machine lace1851
1677 Dalton's Countrey Justice Table Princ. Matters sig. Mmm8/2 Importing of Lace Work and Embroidery.
?1748 S. Hume Exhort. Inhabitants South-Carolina 125 The superfluous Ornaments of Lace, Lace-work, and Ribbands, which the Infant is adorn'd with.
1788 J. Thorpe Custumale Roffense 258/2 A long hood which sits close to the face, with a border turned back to shew the lace-work.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Gloss. 591 Purfled, ornamented in a manner resembling drapery, embroidery, or lace-work.
1887 Trans. Calif. State Agric. Soc. 1886 78/3 (table) Articles exhibited... Lace work, hand-made.
1904 Textile World Rec. Dec. 145/2 The leg composed of sections of lace-work alternating with sections of plain knitting around the entire leg.
1971 R. Colet tr. G. de Maupassant Sel. Short Stories 318 I entered that gigantic granite jewel, which is as delicate as a piece of lacework.
2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Nov. 4 Candles, tree decorations and handmade lacework in the Old Town's cobbled Alter Markt.
b. The action or process of making or working with lace; lacemaking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking
lacemakinga1633
lacework?1740
?1740 At Mr. Richardson's Boarding-school (single sheet) Young Ladys are..taught..all Manner of Needle Works, viz. Embroidery, Tapestry, The Petit Metier, Nuns Work for Purses, Lace-Work, and plain-work of all Sorts.
1775 Williamson's Directory 27 Duncan Mrs, lace-work teacher.
1827 Niles' Weekly Reg. 28 July 359/1 The factory discontinued employed 300 young ladies in lace work.
1883 Mansion House Exhib. 10 The mother through the cares of life has herself degenerated in her lace work.
1915 6th Biennial Rep. State Board Charities & Corrections State of Calif. 109 They are taught lace work and basket making.
2013 St Helen's Star (Nexis) 4 July Dora..was very keen on knitting, sewing and lacework.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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