Basketwork
objects, textiles, etc., made or woven in the manner of a basket; basketry; wickerwork; interwoven work.
Historical Examples
A basketwork boat covered with skin and caulked was used in Egypt and Sumeria from the beginnings of our knowledge.
A Short History of the World H. G. Wells
This gives to the organ the appearance of basketwork or network.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide Augusta Foote Arnold
The patterns, usually copied from basketwork, show the source of the forms of the cups and vases.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, April 1900 Various
Would it be sinful to take some of my basketwork and send back the money next week?
Homespun Tales Kate Douglas Wiggin
The bag usually carried by gins was neatly wove in basketwork and composed of a wiry kind of rush.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2 (of 2) Thomas Mitchell
Each set consists of two plate-like bodies with a texture of reticulated or basketwork appearance.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide Augusta Foote Arnold
In an adult river lamprey the basketwork consists on each side of a series of eight vertical half-hoops of cartilage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 Various
In the order Eulamellibranchiata we find all the families to be possessed of the basketwork or crisscross branchial structure.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide Augusta Foote Arnold
Connected with the basketwork posteriorly is a remarkable cup-shaped cartilage, which supports the hind wall of the pericardium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 Various
Amongst the Dyaks of Borneo, screens of basketwork are placed along a stream to prevent the fish escaping.
The Romance of Plant Life G. F. Scott Elliot
noun
another word for wickerwork
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