Basketware

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Objects woven or plaited from flexible plant fibers such as cane, willow, or reed
2. Handcrafted items produced by interweaving strips of natural plant material into functional or decorative forms
3. Manufactured or handmade goods constructed by weaving or braiding pliable plant-based materials together

Etymology: Basketware is a plain compound: "basket" with the suffix "-ware," which English has long used for manufactured goods made of a particular material or kind. The "ware" element comes from Old English "waru," meaning goods or merchandise, and it is the same root that survives in "wares" for things offered for sale. Pairing it with "basket" produces a collective term for baskets and woven containers taken as a category, the way "earthenware" or "glassware" groups pottery or glass objects together.