blackwork noun3 •A style of tattoo with areas of solid black ink. •A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.All those garments are long gone since, that Katherine embroidered with Spanish blackwork. — 2020 •(no longer used) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
