wickerwork

noun

wick·er·work ˈwi-kər-ˌwərk

: work consisting of interlaced pliable twigs or branches

a cage of wickerwork

Examples of wickerwork in a Sentence

We bought wickerwork for the screened porch.

Recent Examples on the Web Their interiors, designed by South African architecture power-couple Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens, deliver a breezy mix of wickerwork, local limestone, and midcentury modern furniture accented with nautical touches such as copper porthole windows and fist-sized seashells. —

Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023 Much smaller, but equally interesting is the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts downtown, which displays (and in some cases, sells) everything from wickerwork to Buddhist sculptures by students of the Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto. —

Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Jan. 2023 The authors surmise that the user could have sat directly on the pot, or the pot could have been placed under a wickerwork or timber chair. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2022 Pickaxes cut through humus (a fermenting paste of dead plant life), the wickerwork of tree roots, a narrow band of white mineral sand, and yet more fungi tangled below. —

Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021 Characterized by wickerwork of raffia and bird feathers, as well as circular eyes, Gitenga masks represent the rising sun, a symbol of growth. —

NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020

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