ˈTurkey work
[Turkey1.]
Turkish tapestry work, or an imitation of this. Also attrib. Hence Turkey-worked a.
| 1537 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) 101 The carpet of turkey warke. 1608 [Tofte] Ariosto's Sat. iii. (1611) 30, I..vnder rugs, as much safe quiet hold, As vnder Turky workes, Arras or gold. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 143 Fine ones are made at Caire, and are called Turkie-work Carpets. 1697 Vanbrugh Relapse iii. iii, Set all the Turkey-work chairs in their places. 1714 Fr. Bk. of Rates 83 Turkey-work English, for Chairs. 1748 Richardson Clarissa VI. 157 Four old turkey-worked chairs, bursten-bottomed, the stuffing staring out. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 84 ¶8 A large screen, which I had undertaken to adorn with turkey-work against winter, made very slow advances. |