goldwork
goldwork noun: work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
Noun
goldwork (uncountable)
- Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
- […] with lighted Torches (because it was somewhat late) they invited the very greatest and noblest persons of the City, all the Rooms being hanged with the richest Arras, Cloths of Gold-work, Velvet, Silks, and all other rich Adornments […]1620, Anonymous translator, The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose, London: Awnsham Churchill, 5th edition, 1684, The Tenth Day, Novel 9, p. 466
- Laquer’d-ware should be without Specks, smooth, and of so shining a Black, that you may see your Face in it, the Figures in raised Work, and well done; the Bottoms, Sides, and Corners sound, and nothing chosen but what is useful: The Gold-work should not come off with slight rubbing; nor the...1711, Charles Lockyer, chapter 5, in An Account of the Trade in India, London: printed for the author, page 125
Forms of goldwork
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Origin of goldwork
From gold + work.
Questions about goldwork
- What does goldwork mean?
- Goldwork means work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
- What part of speech is goldwork?
- Goldwork is a noun.
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