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clothwork

clothwork noun: the art or technique of making things from cloth.

Noun

clothwork (uncountable)

  1. The art or technique of making things from cloth.
    • Four-panel mixed-media composition featuring clothwork techniques of applique, embroidery, and reverse applique […]2016, Ann-Elise Lewallen, The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan
  2. Items made from cloth, or (in sculpture etc.) made to resemble cloth.

Origin of clothwork

From cloth + -work.

Questions about clothwork

What does clothwork mean?
Clothwork means the art or technique of making things from cloth.
What part of speech is clothwork?
Clothwork is a noun.

Words near clothwork in the dictionary

  1. Clotho
  2. clothoid
  3. clothoidal
  4. clothoids
  5. cloths
  6. clothwork
  7. clothworker
  8. clothworkers
  9. clothy
  10. clothyard
  11. clothyards

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