The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guipure \Gui*pure"\, n. [F.] A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
Wiktionary
n. A kind of lace.
Wikipedia
Guipure lace is a type of bobbin lace. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
Guipure is a French word, which now means tape. It used to describe lace which has a gimp or thicker thread to outline the pattern, but this is no longer used.
Genoese lace was a guipure lace. Genoese lacemakers went to Malta to found the style of Maltese lace. This later inspired the style of English lace known as Bedfordshire lace.
Another guipure lace is Cluny lace, which originated in France, but spread elsewhere, such as the English lacemaking areas.
Usage examples of "guipure".
She wore a pink crepon dressing-gown, with cream guipure lace at the neck and wrists.
He had given to Cosette a robe of Binche guipure which had descended to him from his own grandmother.
He had given Cosette a dress of Binche guipure which descended to him from his own grandmother.