strapwork

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noun

A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.

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Meanings

nounstrapwork (usually uncountable, plural strapworks)

plural strapworks

  1. historicaluncountableusuallyartA stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.

    It has a geometrical strapwork interlace of linked octograms with central eight-pointed stars.

    1981, Gulnar Kheirallah Bosch, Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking

Origin

From strap + work.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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