NETSUKE


Meaning of NETSUKE in English

/net"skee, -skay/ ; Japn. /ne"tsoo ke"/ , n.

(in Japanese art) a small figure of ivory, wood, metal, or ceramic, originally used as a buttonlike fixture on a man's sash, from which small personal belongings were hung.

[ 1880-85; ne root + tsuke (earlier tuke ( y ) attach ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .