threadwork

English

Etymology

From thread +‎ work.

Noun

threadwork (countable and uncountable, plural threadworks)

1. Work made with, or as if with, threads.
   • 1996, Helen M. Jewell, Women in Medieval England, page 35:

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

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

     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.

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

     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.

   • 2009, Erica James, Precious Time:

     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.