Swilling involves tearing thin strips from a trunk of boiled coppiced oak, then weaving them round larger strips, known as "spelks", which form the ribs of the basket.
These will be the ribs of the basket.
Wind the ribs of the basket around the twisted circle of wires made in Step One.
Tuck the ends of the ribs inside the basket and clip any excess with wire cutters.
The rib cage, or thoracic basket, consists of the 12 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, the 24 ribs, and the breastbone, or sternum.
Such a covering is provided by the bony thoracic basket, or rib cage, which forms the skeleton of the wall of the chest, or thorax.
Every time I think of putting, say, a nice whole dorade in the basket instead of ribs, or rubbing a meat roast with za'atar instead of kosher salt, I channel my inner June Cleaver, hear a few grumbling lost relatives muttering "shonda" in my head, and make something plain, hearty, and appropriate for the dinner table, circa 1959.
They have a bony skull, a long vertebral column that encloses the spinal nerve cord, ribs that form a protective bony basket around the viscera, and a framework of limbs.
The ark is a huge circular coracle, 3,600 square metres in dimension or two-thirds the size of a football pitch, made like a giant rope basket strengthened with wooden ribs, and waterproofed with bitumen inside and out.
