honeycomb work

noun

, Architecture.

1. stalactite work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of honeycomb work¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Its ceiling, which described the horseshoe arch of the Saracens, was encrusted with that honeycomb work which is peculiar to them, and which, in the present instance, was of rose colour and silver.

From Project Gutenberg

Its coved roof, glowing with golden and scarlet tints, is highly carved in the manner of the Saracens, such as we may observe in the palaces of Moorish Spain and in the Necropolis of the Mamlouk Sultans at Cairo, deep recesses of honeycomb work, with every now and then pendants of daring grace hanging like stalactites from some sparry cavern.

From Project Gutenberg