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nounspindlework (uncountable)
- uncountablearchitectureDecorative trim around a porch.
George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.
2009 August 23, Christopher Gray, “The President Was Here (Grant, That Is)”, in New York TimesSynonyms: spoolwork
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nounDecorative trim around a porch.
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spindlework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spindlework
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