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单词 wickerwork
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wickerworkn.

Brit. /ˈwɪkəwəːk/, U.S. /ˈwɪkərˌwərk/
Etymology: < wicker n. + work n.
Work consisting of wickers; a structure of flexible twigs, osiers, or the like plaited together; basket-work.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry
wickerwork1719
basket-work1769
basketry1851
randing1903
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 294 We fell to Work to make more Wicker Work.
1780 W. Cowper Fable 3 A raven..on her wicker-work high mounted Her chickens prematurely counted.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xiv. 214 The houses of Sardis were chiefly of wicker-work.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 24 Every plank and timber creaked, as if the ship were made of wicker-work.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 622 Those rude coracles of wickerwork covered with the skins of horses, in which the Celtic peasantry fished for trout and salmon.
attributive.1846 S. Sharpe Hist. Egypt xi. 376 Ceylon..had often been reached from Africa..in wickerwork boats made of papyrus.1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 305 A house with open wickerwork sides.

Derivatives

ˈwickerworked adj. /-wɜːkt/ made of or enclosed in wickerwork.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > willow > made of wickerwork
wicker1502
twiggen1549
wanded1567
twigged1643
vimineous1657
twiggy1664
wickereda1749
wickerworked1900
kilta1927
1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 66 A big old wicker-worked demijohn.
ˈwickerworker n. one who makes wickerwork.
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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] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > manufacture of articles made from twigs, etc. > one who makes other articles from twigs, etc.
cane-worker1858
wickerworker?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 80 Basket maker... Wicker Worker.
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