Netsuke \Net"su*ke\, n. [Jap.]
In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved
in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and
pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for
convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire),
and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much
used on purses sold in Europe and America.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]