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dentelle (dɛnˈtɛl, Fr. dɑ̃ːˈtɛl) [a. F. dentelle, orig. little tooth, hence lace, a triangular facet, etc., in OF. dentele (14th c.), dim. of dent tooth.] ‖1. Lace [Fr.].
1847C. Brontë J. Eyre I. xv. 279, I..gave her..cashmeres, diamonds, dentelles, &c. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 40 That delicate border of dentelle. 2. Bookbinding. ‘An ornamental tooling resembling notching or lace’ (Knight Dict. Mech.). So dentelle binding, dentelle border, dentelle tooling.
1890Catal. Exhib. Rec. Bk.-bindings Grolier Club 11 Dentelle Border. A tooled pointed border with finely dotted or Gascon ornaments in imitation of lace. Ibid. 21 [Book] Blue morocco; doublé with blue morocco, large dentelle tooling. 1892J. T. Bent Ruined Cities of Mashonaland iv. 116 Two feet below begins the dentelle pattern. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 732/3 Several of the far more attractive dentelle bindings with which the names of Padeloup and Derome are usually associated. |