threadwork

plural threadworks

1. countableuncountableWork made with, or as if with, threads.

   Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels.

   1996, Helen M. Jewell, Women in Medieval England, page 35

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   Though the Muse of higher learning cannot be cloned, she allows the prophet, rebel, and poet to soar, and the scholiast to weave intricate threadworks of commentary and gloss.

   2005, William David Shaw, Babel and the ivory tower: the scholar in the age of science, page xii

   New Mexico artist Lauren Camp (1966-) designs colorful threadworks about jazz because she claims to be able to hear colours and shapes in the music.

   2008, Benjamin F. Shearer, Culture and Customs of the United States: Culture, page 358

   An hour later, and with the M6 behind them, Clara took the B5470 out of Macclesfield and found herself driving through rolling hills of lush green farmland criss-crossed with a threadwork of drystone walls.

   2009, Erica James, Precious Time