workbasket (werkbas"ket)

A basket used by women either to hold the implements for sewing, as needles, thread, sci ors, or thimble, in which case the basket is small, or to hold partly made garments, articles needing repair, etc., for which use the basket is large and has a wide opening. IMG:content-2561.png:[blocks in formation] Rhoda Brought on , Alas, xxxiv. work-box (wėrk'boks), п. A box used by women to hold their materials for sewing and the needlework itself when not too bulky. Here, lately shut, that work - box lay; There stood your own embroidery frame. F. Locker, The Castle in the Air.