openwork

[oh-puhn-wurk] / ˈoʊ pənˌwɜrk /

NOUN

lace

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mesh ornament

STRONG

banding border crochet edging filigree net netting tatting tissue trim trimming

WEAK

appliqué threadwork

NOUN

lattice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

filigree

STRONG

frame fretwork grating grid grill latticework net network reticulation screen structure tracery web

Antonyms

WEAK

solid

NOUN

net

Synonyms

STRONGEST

network screen

STRONG

cloth fabric lace lacework lattice netting reticulum tracery

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Nine redans, that is, openworks of peculiar strength, stretched across the gap to within about 600 yards of the wood of Lanière, and the remainder of the space was one continuous line of entrenchment.

From Malplaquet by Belloc, Hilaire

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