blackwork

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread. uncountable
    — All those garments are long gone since, that Katherine embroidered with Spanish blackwork.
  2. Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc. obsolete,uncountable
    — In Mary Barton (1848), the seamstress sewing black mourning clothes is referred to as being engaged in 'blackwork', while the manufacturing company, the Courtaulds, held a monopoly on crapes from the onset of funeral practices […]
  3. A style of tattoo with areas of solid black ink. uncountable

词汇关系

相关词
redwork scarletwork

词源

From black + work.
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