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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A fine lace of a particular pattern: so named in allusion to Colbert's patronage of the industry. The name occurs in English from about 1660 to the middle of the following century. Also colverteen.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A kind of lace.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A kind of lace.

Etymologies

  1. From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France. (Wiktionary)

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  • uselessness ...used in the intricately designed petticoats of one Stephen Colbert. Oct 31, 2007

  • sionnach a kind of lace Oct 31, 2007

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