wickerwork

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From wicker + -work (“made of specified material”).

Each sapling was protected by a shield of wickerwork and bossed by an iron rod. — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The furniture was completed by a massive mahogany centre table, a square table against the wall near the chairbed, two openwork armchairs, and some Indian wickerwork footstools. — The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California, Gustave Aimard
For honey soft, a bowl; Platters of green bark wickerwork, a jar Stained by the lifeblood of the God of Wine; The walls around with chaff and spattered clay Were covered. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter

wicker, caning

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