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spindlework

spindlework noun: decorative trim around a porch.

Noun

spindlework (uncountable)

  1. Decorative trim around a porch.
    • George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.2009 August 23, Christopher Gray, “The President Was Here (Grant, That Is)”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    spoolwork

Synonyms of spindlework

Origin of spindlework

From spindle + work.

Questions about spindlework

What does spindlework mean?
Spindlework means decorative trim around a porch.
What part of speech is spindlework?
Spindlework is a noun.

Words near spindlework in the dictionary

  1. spindleshanks
  2. spindletail
  3. spindletails
  4. spindlewise
  5. spindlewood
  6. spindlework
  7. spindleworm
  8. spindleworms
  9. spindlier
  10. spindliest
  11. spindliness

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