WICKER

wicker, wickerwork, caning

(noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

wicker

(noun) slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)

A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture

Wickerwork.

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

Made of wickerwork.

Source: Wiktionary

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Wick"er, n. Etym: [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. wican to give way. Cf. Weak.]

1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese, and in a press Of wicker pressed it. Chapman.

3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]

Wick"er, a.

Definition: Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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