clothwork

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noun

The art or technique of making things from cloth.

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Meanings

nounclothwork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe art or technique of making things from cloth.

    Four-panel mixed-media composition featuring clothwork techniques of applique, embroidery, and reverse applique […]

    2016, Ann-Elise Lewallen, The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan
  2. uncountableItems made from cloth, or (in sculpture etc.) made to resemble cloth.

Origin

From cloth + -work.

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APA

clothwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothwork

MLA

“clothwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clothwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothwork.

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