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Fretwork definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRET'WORK, n. Raised work; work adorned with frets.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal [syn: lattice, latticework, fretwork]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1601 1. decoration consisting of work adorned with frets 2. ornamental openwork or work in relief

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. ornamental work in wood, done with a fretsaw.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fretwork Fret"work, n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Fretwork is wood or metal that has been decorated by cutting bits of it out to make a pattern. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

Moby Thesaurus

arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork