Hypertext Webster Gateway: "openwork"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Openwork \O"pen*work`\, n.
1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework,
carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through
its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

2. (Mining) A quarry; an open cut. --Raymond.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

openwork
n : ornamental work (such a embroidery or latticework) having a
pattern of openings


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