scrollwork

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noun

Ornamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.

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Meanings

nounscrollwork (countable and uncountable, plural scrollworks)

plural scrollworks

  1. countableuncountableOrnamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.

    Some are nickel-plated over steel, others are engraved with scrollwork and fleurs-de-lis[…].

    2007 April 1, S.S. Fair, “Toast of the Town”, in New York Times

Origin

From scroll + work.

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APA

scrollwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrollwork

MLA

“scrollwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrollwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrollwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrollwork.

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