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Definition of Shellwork
1. n. Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.
Definition of Shellwork
1. Noun. decoration made from patterns of shells ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shellwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellwork
Literary usage of Shellwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Antiquities of the Upper Gila and Salt River Valleys in Arizona and New Mexico by Walter Hough (1907)
"shellwork Olivella shells were prepared for beads by grinding away the apex and
base; conns shells were likewise worked; and the Pacific clam was drilled ..."
2. Old Glasgow and Its Environs: Historical and Topographical by Robert Reid (1864)
"Mr Perrot has just arrived here from London with the rno>t exact and beautiful
models of the following grottos and shellwork, viz:— " 1st, The Royal Grotto ..."
3. Japan Day by Day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83 by Edward Sylvester Morse (1917)
"The shell-work in little boxes, and birds made of shells perched in hanging rings
and many other graceful devices in shellwork, recalled to my mind the ..."
4. Japan Day by Day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83 by Edward Sylvester Morse (1917)
"The shell-work in little boxes, and birds made of shells perched in hanging rings
and many other graceful devices in shellwork, recalled to my mind the ..."
5. Picturesque Dublin: Old and New by Frances A. Gerard (1898)
"... Mrs. Delany rather overdid Delville with shellwork. But this is a common fault
with amateurs. The temple was surrounded with a frieze of shells, ..."
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