Branchwork
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Collectively, the branches of a tree. archaic, countable, uncountable
"and whose exquisite whiteness was not a little set off by a sprout of black curling hair round the root, through the jetty sprigs of which the fair skin shew'd as in a fine evening you may have remark'd the clear light ether throught the branchwork of distant trees over-topping the summit of a hill."
- 2 Any design or pattern resembling branches. countable, uncountable
"Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular."
Example
More examples"and whose exquisite whiteness was not a little set off by a sprout of black curling hair round the root, through the jetty sprigs of which the fair skin shew'd as in a fine evening you may have remark'd the clear light ether throught the branchwork of distant trees over-topping the summit of a hill."
Etymology
From branch + work.
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