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From strap +‎ work.

Noun

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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.

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