Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The craft or process of making baskets or objects woven like baskets.
- n. Baskets and similar objects of interwoven material considered as a group. Also called basketwork.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Basketwork or basketware; basket-making.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the craft of basket making
Etymologies
- From basket + -ry. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“[Page 246] lent by the Field Museum, and later by carefully selected specimens of basketry from the Philippines.”
“(hint: take up crafts ... basketry is easy and engrossing!) +1 Good Comment?”
“In our case, one of our crops is basketry willow and our value added products are baskets.”
“Its Mercado de Artesanías features ceramics, handmade amate paper, wicker basketry and all kinds of gemstones.”
“On the starboard side of the bridge, tangled nests of steel basketry cast angular inky shadows.”
“Throughout his years teaching, he created his own body of work and bamboo basketry became a serious avocation.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
“Though he was very disappointed, it was at this time that his fascination with basketry began.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
“Japanese fine art basketry dates back to the 1700s when the literati, who practiced flower arrangement, imported expensive baskets from China.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
“Besides textiles, the exhibit presents works in media ranging from architecture, basketry and photography, to furniture, ceramics, fashion, metalwork and jewelry.”
Voice of America: Art of African Diaspora at Manhattan's Museum of Arts and Design
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