Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of ornamental work done in textile fabrics by cutting out, pulling out, or drawing to one side some of the threads of the fabric while leaving others, or by drawing all into a new form, producing a sort of diaper-pattern.
- noun This work was the original form of lace, the addition to it of needlework producing the simplest varieties of lace. The early name for this was cut-work. Modern drawn-work is generally left in simple patterns without the addition of needlework.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns
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Examples
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Open - or drawnwork is widely esteemed, particularly in the blouses and dresses made by the women of San Felipe de los Herreros and San Juan Nuevo.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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Open - or drawnwork is widely esteemed, particularly in the blouses and dresses made by the women of San Felipe de los Herreros and San Juan Nuevo.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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San Felipe de los Herreros is recognized for the textile handicraft of open - or drawnwork, called "deshilados."
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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San Felipe de los Herreros is recognized for the textile handicraft of open - or drawnwork, called "deshilados."
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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Here is a delightful warren of one-stop shopping for everything in arts and crafts from Michoacán - chuspata figurines, tablecloths, rebozos, pottery, wooden chests and toys, Christmas wreaths, wrought iron, laquerwork, embroidery and lacy drawnwork.
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Here is a delightful warren of one-stop shopping for everything in arts and crafts from Michoacán - chuspata figurines, tablecloths, rebozos, pottery, wooden chests and toys, Christmas wreaths, wrought iron, laquerwork, embroidery and lacy drawnwork.
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He created a beautiful white-on-white deshilado (drawnwork) blouse for me with roses.
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Mexican and Teneriffe drawnwork are practically the same.
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Honor laid his hand gently back on the bedspread of exquisite Mexican drawnwork and stood up.
Play the Game! Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918
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So I took him by the hand and led him over to the curio store and let him look at the Mexican drawnwork.
Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910
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