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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLACKWORK

BLACKWORK Black "work `, n.

 

Defn: Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

blackwork

black work |ˈblakˌwərk ˈblækwərk | ▶noun a type of embroidery done in black thread on white cloth, esp. popular in England during the Tudor period.

 

Oxford Dictionary

blackwork

black |work ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of embroidery done in black thread on white cloth, popular especially in Tudor times.