Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

A pierced design through which light can pass.

General term for the decorative technique of cutting variously shaped holes through the body of a piece of silver, furniture or ceramics to form a pattern. See pierced decoration, lace work and reticulated

A quarry; an open cut.

Also called weft-wrapping. This technique is used to create rows of holes on a plain weave cloth (for example, see DU 3727.) To make the holes, the weaver wraps sets of warps together with a weft thread, and then contines weaving as usual.