Home › Words › T › threadworkthreadworkthreadwork means work made with, or as if with, threads.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, threadwork ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom thread + work.nounWork made with, or as if with, threads.e.g.“Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels.” — 1996, Helen M. Jewell, Women in Medieval England, page 35:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).