Meanings
noungrottowork (usually uncountable, plural grottoworks)
plural grottoworks · alternative grotto-work
- uncountableusuallyartificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
You, in your grotto-work enclos'd, Complain of being thus expos'd; Yet nothing feel in that rough coat, Save when the knife is at your throat
1782, William Cowper, “The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
Origin
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