drawn work

noun

1. ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.

drawn work

noun

1. ornamental needlework done by drawing threads out of the fabric and using the remaining threads to form lacelike patterns Also calleddrawn-thread work

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawn work¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

In her raw, sometimes crudely drawn work, Ms. Kominsky-Crumb unabashedly described her abusive childhood, her cosmetic surgery and her hypochondria, as well as her sex life and her long open marriage to Mr. Crumb, with whom she occasionally collaborated.

From New York Times

Each collaged, stitched, painted and drawn work embodies the internal conflict we feel when we are of two minds about something.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet for any interpretation of this tightly drawn work to fulfill the play’s deepest intentions, it must be above all a double portrait of its incandescently noble leading man and its equally extraordinary villain.

From New York Times

The animation was so polished, it rivaled the best drawn work.

From Los Angeles Times

Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs.

From Literature