Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Linkwork \Link"work`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
   1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other
      material fastened together; also, a chain.

            And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of
            fine gold; linkwork and wreathed.     --Udall.

   2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting
      pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to
      another.