grottoworkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

grotto +‎ work

名詞

grottowork (usually uncountable, 複数形 grottoworks)

1. artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
   • 1782, William Cowper, “The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], OCLC 1029672464:

     You, in your grotto-work enclos'd,
     Complain of being thus expos'd;
     Yet nothing feel in that rough coat,
     Save when the knife is at your throat

参照

grotto-work in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913