fretwork
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Fretwork — Datos generales Origen Reino Unido Información artística … Wikipedia Español
Fretwork — Fret work, n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like. [1913 Webster] Banqueting on the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fretwork — also fret work, c.1600, from FRET (Cf. fret) (n.) + WORK (Cf. work) … Etymology dictionary
fretwork — ► NOUN ▪ ornamental design done with a fretsaw … English terms dictionary
fretwork — [fret′wʉrk΄] n. work ornamented with frets; decorative carving or openwork, as of interlacing lines … English World dictionary
Fretwork — for stringed instrument manufacturing see Luthier. Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, jigsaw or scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in… … Wikipedia
fretwork — /fret werrk /, n. 1. ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, esp. work in which the design is formed by perforation. 2. any pattern of dark and light, such as that of perforated fretwork. [1595 1605; FRET2 + WORK] * * * … Universalium
fretwork — The extra work that goes into producing a news story, designed to make it that bit more worrying. Every writer who got hold of the story added a little fretwork of her own … Dictionary of american slang
fretwork — The extra work that goes into producing a news story, designed to make it that bit more worrying. Every writer who got hold of the story added a little fretwork of her own … Dictionary of american slang
fretwork — [[t]fre̱twɜː(r)k[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N n Fretwork is wood or metal that has been decorated by cutting bits of it out to make a pattern … English dictionary
fretwork — /ˈfrɛtwɜk / (say fretwerk) noun 1. ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation. 2. any pattern of dark and light, such as that of perforated fretwork …
