spindlework

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English

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Etymology

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From spindle +‎ work.

Noun

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spindlework (uncountable)

  1. (architecture) Decorative trim around a porch.[1]
    • 2009 August 23, Christopher Gray, “The President Was Here (Grant, That Is)”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.

References

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  1. ^ Building Language: Spindlework
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