As postmodifier. Obsolete.

attributive. Designating a type of lace, perhaps a form of narrow braid or gimp. Cf. passement, n.

(a) a kind of ornament consisting of a series of loops; (b) a kind of lace consisting of patterns worked on a ground of fine net.

‘A kind of open lace with a square ground’, worn in 17th and 18th centuries.

Apparently: a kind of silver lace with frayed or serrated edging resembling that of a cock's comb. Obsolete (historical in later use).

A refrain of a song, expressing careless gaiety or jollity. Also in nonce (threatening) use as v. transitive (quot. 1723). So †trolylow (also as…

Name of a kind of lace: see quots. Also attributive.

Lace made in broad pieces which can be cut and used like cloth.

A cotton lawn made in France. More fully mignonette lawn or mignonette linen. Occasionally also used for fine cloth of other materials.

†(a) a kind of coarse lace used to make straps by which footmen hold on to the back of a carriage (obsolete); (b) a kind of inexpensive lace, made…

a kind of figured lace.

a coarse-textured bobbin lace originally made in Antwerp, outlined with a cordonnet and characterized esp. by a stylized flowerpot motif (cf. pot lace…

a kind of lace having threads so placed as to resemble the warp of a fabric; also attributive.

(a) adj. made of cardinal lace (sense (b)); (b) n. (the name of) a type or pattern of lace featuring a wide variety of motifs, including cardinal's…

A kind of lace (see quot. 1869).

a type of lace in which a design is embroidered by hand on to a net; cf. run, v. 69 needle-run adj. at needle, n. compounds 1b(a).

spec. lace made with fine Shetland yarn; spec. a type of knitted lace traditional in Shetland and typically used for shawls, characterized by the use…

Embroidery. A lace created by embroidering patterns on a ground of square-meshed netting. Cf. filet, n. 1 punto a maglia n. at punto, n.4 1.

lace having the figure of a pot or vase (often containing flowers) in the pattern.

An early type of needle lace, produced primarily in Venice in the 15th cent., characterized by geometric patterns. Also attributive, as reticella lace…

(see quots. 1865 1881).

A pattern of small squares; paper or other material having such a pattern.

= reticella, n.

a modern lace resembling tambour (4b), consisting of needlework designs on machine-made net.

A variety of fine needlepoint or pillow lace, esp. rose-point lace. Also attributive as rosaline point and with postmodifier in rosaline perlé, rosal…

Lacemaking. A net ground with circular meshes or figures.

narrow lace used in an open design; cf. tracing-braid n.

a lace with an indistinct pattern.