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quillworks

quillworks is the plural of quillwork.

Meaning of quillwork

Noun

quillwork (countable and uncountable, plural quillworks)

  1. Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
    • On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity, page 61

Questions about quillworks

What is quillworks the plural of?
Quillworks is the plural of quillwork.

Words near quillworks in the dictionary

  1. quillows
  2. quills
  3. quilltail
  4. quilltails
  5. quillwork
  6. quillworks
  7. quillwort
  8. quillworts
  9. quilly
  10. Quilmes
  11. Quilo

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