Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See bobbin lace.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See lace.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
- Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins
Examples
“The design is worked in punto tirato and is evidently of Eastern origin; the flounce of pillow lace was added at a later date.”
“Lace in those days was even technically under the protection of the Church, among the names of stitches being "Pater", "Ave Maria", "Chapelet", etc. More than 100,000 workers now make pillow lace and point Arabe, as the modern guipure is called, at Le Puy, and lace is also made in the departments of Cantal and Vienne, and at Mirecourt in the Vosges.”
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Lace
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