chainwork
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Techniques of looping or linking pieces of metal or another materials in the manner of a chain; objects made using these techniques.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "and wreathes of chaine worke, for the chapiters which were vpon the top of the pillars:"
- "For one of the Bracelets made of Chain-work, we had as much Provision of several Sorts, as would fairly have been worth in England, Fifteen or Sixteen Pounds;"
- "[…] she assented coldly, without adding an unnecessary word, some trivial chain-work which she had in her hands enabling her to avoid looking at Lydgate higher than his chin."
- "[…] she had a chain-work of coins encircling her hair, and falling completely round her face to her bosom,"
- "The bag was made of gold chain-work; there were more than four thousand lire in it."
- "The coherence and interdependency in the total chainwork of evidence, and the independent strength of each particular link, is little known to the public."