blackwork

== English == === Etymology === From black +‎ work. === Noun === blackwork (uncountable) (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread. (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc. A style of tattoo with areas of solid black ink. ==== Related terms ==== redwork scarletwork ==== See also ==== blackwork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary