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fret⋅work

[fret-wurk]
–noun
1. ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, esp. work in which the design is formed by perforation.
2. any pattern of dark and light, such as that of perforated fretwork.

Origin:
1595–1605; fret 2 + work
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fret·work   (frět'wûrk')   
n.  
  1. Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork.

  2. Such ornamental work represented two dimensionally by chiaroscuro.

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