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Alençon lace

noun

  1. Also called point d'Alençon. a delicate needlepoint lace having a solid design outlined with twisted yarn on a background of hexagonal mesh.
  2. a machine reproduction of this lace, with a cordlike outline.


Alençon lace

noun

  1. an elaborate lace worked on a hexagonal mesh and used as a border, or a machine-made copy of this
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Alençon lace1

First recorded in 1855–60

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