English

Noun

rockwork ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rockworks)

1. Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond.
   • 2008 May 9, Wendy Moonan, “Rococo Eye-Openers at Two Auction Houses”, in New York Times:

     It comes from two French words: rocaille, meaning the irregular rockwork used to decorate fountains and grottoes, and coquillage, shell motifs.