copperwork

English

Etymology

From copper +‎ work.

Noun

copperwork (uncountable)

1. Works made from copper.
   • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:

     With its lavish brass and copperwork, this [bright chocolate] seemed a trifle too gay and unbecoming for a G.W.R. locomotive, and apparently the Company soon shared this view for there was a reversion to the standard Brunswick green.

   • 2007 November 11, Seth Sherwood, “36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The cafe serves a Moroccan breakfast (orange juice, yogurt, sweet crepes, honey and jam; 100 dirhams), and the Museum of Islamic Art offers wrought Persian astrolabes, Syrian copperwork and shimmering Moroccan textiles.

   • 2014, P. F. Lye, Metalwork Theory, page 35:

     Although much of the copperwork done in school workshops is planished only once, many craftsmen planish their work three or four times in order to get a perfect finish.