basketry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *baskis

Proto-Brythonicder.

Late Latin bascauda

Anglo-Norman bascatbor.

Middle English basket

English basket

Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye

English -ry

English basketry

From basket + -ry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

basketry (usually uncountable, plural basketries)

1. The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
   • 2010 December 2, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.

2. Baskets collectively.

Synonyms

• basketmaking, basket weaving, basketwork

See also

• basketmaker