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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: fret 'cut patterns' (14-21 centuries) (probably from Old French frete; FRETTED) + work

fretwork

 noun
     
fret‧work [uncountable]
patterns cut into thin wood, metal etc or the activity of making these patterns
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