Wicker Definition–noun | 1. | a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe. | | 2. | plaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.; wickerwork. | | 3. | something made of wickerwork, as a basket. | –adjective | 4. | consisting or made of wicker: a wicker chair. | | 5. | covered with wicker: a wicker jug. | |
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ball game of Basque origin played in a three-walled court with a hard rubber ball that is caught and thrown with a cesta, a long, curved wicker scoop strapped to one arm. Called pelota vasca in ...
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in furniture, infant's bed of wood, wicker, or iron, having enclosed sides and suspended from a bar, slung upon pivots, or mounted on rockers. The rocking motion of the cradle is intended to lull the ...
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garment with a frame of whalebone or of wicker or osier basketwork. Reminiscent of the farthingale (q.v.), the petticoat was reintroduced in England and France around 1710 and remained in favour ...
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For breaching fortified positions, military engineers of the classical age designed assault towers that remain a wonder to modern engineers. So large was one siege tower used by Macedonians in an ...
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The infiltration of Turkish tribes into the Eurasian military ecosphere was distinguished from earlier steppe nomad invasions in that the raiders were absorbed culturally through Islamization. The ...
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