fretwork
Example Sentences
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The city goldsmiths have long been celebrated as virtuosos of engraving, fretwork, niello inlay, Damascene inlay, repoussé and other highly specialized techniques.
From New York Times
Your eyes leap up, and turn left, and then there’s a sort of guitar fretwork that you must navigate, which seems to have been made with the help of a ruler.
From New York Times
Designs often included intricate fretwork for shelves and chair legs, and decorative feet, sometimes featuring a hairy lion’s-paw design.
From Washington Times
I have been noticing these cakes with elaborate, lacy fretwork sides made from chocolate.
From The Guardian
And in the Nels Cline 4 — a new band that’s just released its debut album, “Currents, Constellations” — his sterling fretwork is the big attraction.
From New York Times
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