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studwork

[ stuhd-wurk ]

noun

  1. the act or process of building with studding. stud. studding.
  2. structural work containing studding. stud. studding.


studwork

/ ˈʌˌɜː /

noun

  1. work decorated with studs
  2. the supporting framework of a wall or partition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of studwork1

First recorded in 1780–90; stud 1 + work
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There were also a custom Alexander Wang "bondage body suit" and several looks designed by Nicola Formichetti for Diesel, including a denim outfit made from the company's patented Jogg Jean material, accented with hand-applied hardware and studwork, Swarovski crystal elements and black leather accessories.

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Our rambles have now brought us to the threshold of that quaint, but beautiful old “studwork” chamber, the guildhall; the seat of civic honour, power, and glory, with its many appendages of courts and cells, the witnesses of those multiplied alternations of tragedy, comedy, and melodrama, that may be looked for to have been enacted during centuries, beneath a roof covering a council chamber, an assize court, and a prison. 

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Some of these are of studwork and plaster, some of wattle and daub, but many are built of clay made up into lumps, sun-dried, and built into the walls with a soft clay-mixture as mortar.

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