Strapwork

What do we mean by strapwork?

Decorative work, popular in northern Europe in the 1500s and the early 1600s, consisting of interlacing straplike bands, often used in low relief on ceilings, screens, and panels. noun

Architectural ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band represented as folded and crossed, and occasionally interlaced with another. noun

A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced. noun

A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven. noun

A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.

Words that are spelled similarly to strapwork:
strapwork, strap work, strawworm, stumpwork.

Words that rhyme with strapwork:
lapwork, strap work, map work, scrap work, trap work.

Adjectives that are often used to describe strapwork:
interlaced, much, elaborate, flat, open, flemish, ornamental, elizabethan, broad, jacobean, dimensional, bold, geometrical, geometric, carved, pierced, heavy, scrolled, white, characteristic, simple, intricate, foliate, decorative, gilded, mannerist, formal, ornate, curved, fine.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective strapwork:
cartouches.

Consonant match to strapwork:
strap work.

Words that sound like strapwork:
strapper, straplike, stripper, striper, streeper, strip search, strappers, stryper, strappy, strasbourg, strap, strawberry, strapped, straps, strippers, stripers, strack, strasburg, strak, strasser, strapp, sternberg, strasberg, stracke, streetwalk, strassburg, streber, street walk, oyster park, steelwork, strac.