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strap work

strap work is the alternative form of strapwork.

Meaning of strapwork

Noun

strapwork (usually uncountable, plural strapworks)

  1. (historical, usually) A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
    • It has a geometrical strapwork interlace of linked octograms with central eight-pointed stars.1981, Gulnar Kheirallah Bosch, Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking

Questions about strap work

What is strap work the alternative form of?
Strap work is the alternative form of strapwork.

Words near strap work in the dictionary

  1. strap rails
  2. strap strategies
  3. strap strategy
  4. strap up
  5. strap warming
  6. strap work
  7. strap-hang
  8. strap-hanging
  9. strap-hangs
  10. strap-hung
  11. strap-off

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