Wiktionary
n. Work or ornamentation made of brass.
Usage examples of "brasswork".
From an early age, Maia and her sister had been drawn by the bright brasswork and smell of polishing oil, browsing for hours to the exasperation of the shopkeepers.
She dreamed of brasswork clocks, ticking with the smooth, just rhythms of natural law.
Here and there a piece of brasswork loomed in the blackness as they went by.
I remember even the incongruous thought flashing through my mind that incense would have been more suitable than cigar-smoke in a room glimmering with brasswork and wooden idols and rose-coloured lamps.
I remember even the incongruous thought flashing through my mind that incense would have been more suitable than cigar smoke in a room glimmering with brasswork and wooden idols and rose-colored lamps.
The floor was clean and the brasswork gleaming, and a row of polished mirrors and gas jets on the far wall gave the room a bright, rosy glow.
The brasswork of the oncoming wagon glistened in the midday sun like spun gold, and the cyan paint shimmered metallically, and a brown canvas was strapped over the wagon bed, hiding whatever the cargo might be.
A well-kept covered trap, with polished brasswork, was pulling into the yard.
I presume you would want brasswork for the lock plates and hinges, and good crafting.
That meant another trip to see Merrin, and more brasswork to pay for, and who knew what else.
I went on to explain about Wegel and his carving, and that led somehow to discussions of finishes, which turned into whether brasswork should be varnished.
Guild is having trouble getting all the brasswork for the first ships.
Under "Remarks", Southwick had listed the morning's activities - "Ship's company employed dirtying decks, making bloodstains, taking the shine off brasswork.
He owned iron mines, tin mines, calamine ovens, brassworks and numerous foundries.
Every six megacycles, each ship conducted rigorous disruptor practice-and for lack of anything else to do, there were countless inspections of everything-including brasswork and silver-service polish.