wicker-work

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The cradle is made of wicker-work, about four feet long and one foot wide, roofed over with twigs like the frame of a tilted waggon.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

Next came wicker-work baskets of rushes or reeds, smeared with mud or pitch, similar to the ark in which Moses was found.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

A small carriage of green wicker-work, with great wheels as high as the body of the vehicle, passed before the windows, and stopped at the door.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various

Along the bottom of the wall ran a continuous fire-step, some two feet in height, and a line of wicker-work loop-holes pierced it near the top. 

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

Sciath, sī′ath, n. an oblong shield of wicker-work formerly used in Ireland.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various