canework

American  

[keyn-wurk] / ˈkeɪnˌwɜrk /

noun

1. strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of canework

First recorded in 1855–60; cane + work

Example Sentences

They are also largely imported into Great Britain for canework.

From Miscellanea by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Señora Barenna, who made this remark, heaved a sigh and sat back in her canework chair with that jerkiness of action which in elderly ladies usually betokens impatience with the ways of young people.

From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton

Each sitter is allowed a space upon a divan of yellow canework.

From The Eyes of Asia by Kipling, Rudyard