strapwork

English

Etymology

strap +‎ work

Noun

strapwork (usually uncountable, plural strapworks)

1. (art, historical) A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
   • 1981, Gulnar Kheirallah Bosch, Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking:

     It has a geometrical strapwork interlace of linked octograms with central eight-pointed stars.

Anagrams

• partworks