chainwork

noun3

1. •
   Techniques of looping or linking pieces of metal or another materials in the manner of a chain; objects made using these techniques.

   • and wreathes of chaine worke, for the chapiters which were vpon the top of the pillars: — 1611
2. •
   (old-fashioned) A system in which each element is linked to two others in the manner of a chain; a series of interconnected things.

   • The coherence and interdependency in the total chainwork of evidence, and the independent strength of each particular link, is little known to the public. — 1840
3. •
   (old-fashioned) The technique of surveying by measuring distances with a chain.

   • If all this agrees with the field book measurements, the chain work has been correctly done in the field and correctly plotted in the office. — 1886