lacework

[ leys-wurk ]

noun

1. lace ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacework¹

First recorded in 1840–50; lace + work

Example Sentences

The crustacea are the grandees of the sea, who, in their lacework and embroidery, avoid the rude contact of the pebbly crowd.

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He had a deeply lined face with a lacework of tiny wrinkles around the slanted eyes.

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Another, delighting in richness no less than in simplicity, designed the stone lacework of the French cathedrals.

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The bare, tangled branches of the roadside poplars showed against the dull January sky like intricate designs of lacework.

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To that tower he decided to add still another story before he topped it with an elaborate lacework spire.

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