(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:46:42

Fret"work (?), n. [6th fret + work.]

Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Heuce, any minute play of light andshade, dark and light, or the like.

Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. Macaulay.

 

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