lacquerwork

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   decorative or artistic work made by applying, carving, painting, or inlaying layers of lacquer

   The exhibition traced several regional traditions of Japanese lacquerwork.

2. 2
   noun

   an object or surface decorated by this technique

   A black lacquerwork box stood among the old bronzes.

A compound of lacquer + work. Lacquer came through Portuguese lacre and related forms from Persian lak and ultimately Sanskrit laksha, the resinous substance lac. The compound names both the decorative craft and objects produced by it.

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