Meaning of bird's-eye maple | Babel Free

Definitions

Maple wood with small eye-like markings, valued for use in decorative woodwork.

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Examples

“So a dear little book-case was bought, also of bird’s-eye maple, and a pretty little work-table, with a low chair to match⟳.”

“The two staterooms are similarly treated; the walls are panelled in bird's eye maple, with light⟳ mahogany mouldings, and the furniture is in sycamore and mahogany.”

“More to the point⟳ of this place⟳ than the crags and glens on the dining-room wall are the two fine colour prints of clipper ships in frames of birdseye maple.”

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