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lacework

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lace·work  (lswûrk)
n.
See lace.
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Noun1.laceworklacework - work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
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lacework
n (= fabric) → Spitzenarbeit f, → Spitzenmuster nt; (of gold and silver) → Filigranmuster nt


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Lofty pillars formed of cannon, superposed upon huge mortars as a base, supported the fine ironwork of the arches, a perfect piece of cast-iron lacework.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Often at night a hideous form was seen wandering along the frail balustrade of carved lacework, which crowns the towers and borders the circumference of the apse; again it was the hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
All imaginable lines and curves and figures were delineated over his whole body, and in their grotesque variety and infinite profusion I could only compare them to the crowded groupings of quaint patterns we sometimes see in costly pieces of lacework.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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