straw-plait

Aloe-thread was then used for lace-making, as it is now in Florence for sewing straw-plait.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

The straw-plait industry was introduced in the reign of George I., and formerly gave employment to a large number of the population.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The prison consists of three distinct portions: one allotted for carrying on the bread and linen departments: a second for the detention of female criminals before conviction, or for short terms of imprisonment; and in this various light manufactures, such as the making of baskets, straw-plait, and the red phosphorus-match boxes, are carried on: the third is an hospital and house of detention for the prostitutes of the capital.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various

In the following July (1811) the West Norfolks proceeded to Colchester via Norfolk, after fifteen months of prison duty and straw-plait destroying. {13b} Captain Borrow betook himself to East Dereham again to seek for likely recruits.

The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

Tring was formerly a considerable centre of the straw-plait industry, which is still pursued to a less extent.

Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901

Borrow's description of the hardships of the prisoners has been called in question by a later writer, Arthur Brown, [24] who denies the story of bad food and 'straw-plait hunts,' and charges Borrow with recklessness of statement.

George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891

Luton perform much more difficult feats in weaving straw-plait for bonnets than any bird accomplishes.

Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867

A large standing-screen, of fine straw-plait work, in elegant devices, partitioned off one part of the room; and on the opposite side, as mere ornaments, were placed a number of brass grapnels and small models of cows, made in iron for his amusement by the Arabs at Kufro.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

And then, those visits, or rather ruthless inroads, called in the slang of the place "straw-plait hunts," when in pursuit of

Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

As if a woman's eyes couldn't see through straw-plait! "

Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868