wicker-work
Example Sentences
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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 P. C. Wren
Even then the wicker-work ornament was retained, as a sort of attest of its origin.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
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 William Cornwallis Harris
Basket, a vessel or utensil of wicker-work, made of interwoven osiers or willows, rushes, twigs, grasses, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
“It strikes me,” said Geoffrey, “the demon that led you astray dwelt in a stone jar, with a wicker-work casing.”
From Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies
