threadwork
threadwork noun: work made with, or as if with, threads.
Noun
threadwork (countable and uncountable, plural threadworks)
- Work made with, or as if with, threads.
- Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels.1996, Helen M. Jewell, Women in Medieval England, page 35
- Though the Muse of higher learning cannot be cloned, she allows the prophet, rebel, and poet to soar, and the scholiast to weave intricate threadworks of commentary and gloss.2005, William David Shaw, Babel and the ivory tower: the scholar in the age of science, page xii
Forms of threadwork
| plural | threadworks |
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Origin of threadwork
From thread + work.
Questions about threadwork
- What does threadwork mean?
- Threadwork means work made with, or as if with, threads.
- What part of speech is threadwork?
- Threadwork is a noun.
- What is the plural of threadwork?
- The plural of threadwork is threadworks.
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