wicker-work

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But after a while one of the said worthies, opening a little of the wicker-work door, bent his ear to the aperture, and appeared to be listening intently.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

A low horse-shoe table of wicker-work, supported upon basket pedestals, extended the entire length of the hall.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

The Ainu of Piratori wear Japanese hats of wicker-work; and others, especially women, tie round their head a Japanese towel—a fashion, as we have seen, also adopted from the Japanese.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage

Crate, krāt, n. a wicker-work case for packing crockery in, or for carrying fruit.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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