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Material woven in the style of a basket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- 1671, John Burbury, A Relation of the Journey of the Right Honourable My Lord Henry Howard from London to Vienna, and thence to Constantinople, London: T. Collins et al., p. 172, The Village Walls resemble those in Hungary, but are something worse, being only long Stakes thrust into the Ground, and crossed through like Basket-work, and so dawbed all over on both sides with Mud and Dirt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wicker, wickerwork
Antonyms: none provided
The craft of making such material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: basketry, basket weaving
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket English -work English basketwork From basket + -work.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Welsh:
basgedwaith
— material woven in the style of a basket
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Welsh:
gwaith basged
— material woven in the style of a basket
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Finnish:
korityö
— craft of making such material
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Finnish:
korityöt
— craft of making such material
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Welsh:
gwneud basgedi
— craft of making such material
