English Explanatory Dictionary

earshell work

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of auricular style.

Word forms

earshell work

Etymology

Coined with reference to the flowing figures of the style, "in which undulating, slithery and boneless forms occasionally carry a suggestion of the inside of an ear or of a conch shell."

Synonyms

lobate style Knorpelwerk auricular style
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