A type of wood that is flexible and suitable for weaving into baskets, often used for creating wicker baskets and other woven goods.
Compound of 'basket' (from Old Norse 'baskr') and 'wood' (from Old English 'wudu'), literally meaning wood used for basket-making.
Certain woods like willow and ash became prized as 'basketwood' because their flexibility comes from having longer wood fibers that bend without breaking—a property that fascinated medieval craftspeople so much they developed entire industries around specific trees.
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