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brussels lace

Word definitions for brussels lace in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lace \Lace\ (l[=a]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet, fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice. Cf. Delight , Elicit , Lasso , Latchet .] That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brussels lace is a type of pillow lace that originated in and around Brussels . The term "Brussels lace" has been broadly used for any lace from Brussels; however, the term strictly interpreted refers to bobbin lace, in which the pattern is made first, ...

Usage examples of brussels lace.

Her ball gown was an old grey dress which she had prettified with some lengths of Brussels lace.

He was splendid in dark blue velvet and a collar of Brussels lace.

Here is the wedding dress Graice Courtney will be wearing at her wedding to Alan Savage in the First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse, New York: an Empire style gown sewed for Gwendolyn Savage's mother in 1904, lovely flawlessly white Chinese silk, a bodice of tight, tiny pleats, a many layered skirt with an illusion of floating, and a long graceful train, and a bridal veil of Brussels lace: an extraordinary costume the bride to be has contemplated many times in the past six months and now contemplates in silence another time, holding it at arm's length, reverently before, with the deft assistance of missis Savage and the seamstress missis Vitale, she tries it on again.

Snowy linen, with Brussels lace six inches deep at cuff and jabot.

Shortly after I heard the tinkle of a small bell, and immediately entered four men, wheeling in a couch of carved rosewood, covered with sheets of the finest linen, overspread with one of Brussels lace.

With the Brussels lace I had purchased sewn around the sleeves, I thought it Would do, even if the cloth was not quite of the first quality.

The ends of the sleeves were finished by a spill of crisp white Brussels lace, as was the high scooped neckline.

She was petite, trim of figure, her full bosom covered modestly by order from her mama, no doubt by the most exquisite Brussels lace.

Four paragraphs of pintucks, Brussels lace, French embroidery, openwork insets, and—.