Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Decorative work having the character of leafage, or having a design imitated from or suggested by natural leaves.
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Examples
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And the sunlight making leafwork brocade on the grass out the window!
Missy Dana Gatlin
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A block away, Gramercy Park, a rectangle of the Knickerbocker New York of the woodcut, red-brick sidewalk, salon parlor, and crystal chandelier, was already lacy with the first leafwork of spring.
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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If the leafwork on the helm were tossed up backward, it would hide the fillet.
Albert Durer T. Sturge Moore 1907
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The sunshine slanted through the crimsoning leafwork and made irregular golden patches on the dark sand to the furthest limit of the perspective.
Sacred and Profane Love Arnold Bennett 1899
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The flat walls, principally where they are not gilt, are decorated with leafwork, rosettes, and twining vines.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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