A type of fine lace worked using bone or ivory bobbins; also more fully bone-work lace. Cf. bone lace, n. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pillow or bobbin (18) bonework1556 A type of fine lace worked using bone or ivory bobbins; also more fully bone-work lace. Cf. bone lace, n. Obsolete. bone lace1564 A type of fine lace originally made using fine threads wound on bone or ivory bobbins; a piece or variety of this. Cf. bone, n.1 18. bobbin-work1681 ‘work woven with bobbins’ (Johnson). pillow lace1815 lace worked on a pillow (sense 5b). Madras lace1882 a type of bobbin lace produced in the area of Madras during the 19th cent., but following European styles (esp. those of Maltese lace). point1882 (As an anglicized form of French point: see point, n.3) Thread lace made wholly with a needle; (more generally) any lace, esp. pillow lace… bobbin-lace- lace made on a pillow with bobbins. Subcategories:— detached piece of (2) — types of (9) |
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