clothwork

noun — 2 senses

clothwork

noun

Etymology From cloth + -work.

1

The art or technique of making things from cloth.

  • Four-panel mixed-media composition featuring clothwork techniques of applique, embroidery, and reverse applique […]2016, Ann-Elise Lewallen, The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan:
2

Items made from cloth, or (in sculpture etc.) made to resemble cloth.

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