| 单词 | mermaid's lace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmermaid's lace mermaid's lace n. (a) a kind of coralline alga; (b) a type of Venetian needlelace regarded as resembling a coralline alga (also called coralline point). ΘΚΠ 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 > needle or point > types of point de Venise1668 French point1675 point d'Espagne1676 Alençon lace1774 point de France1774 point-net1829 rose-point1832 point de Paris1840 point d'Alençon1842 point d'Argentan1842 Irish point1851 point d'aiguille1851 point de gaze1863 Venetian point1864 Burano lace1865 Greek lace1865 gros point1865 mermaid's lace1865 point de neige1865 punto a rilievo1865 punto in aria1865 Regency point1865 Venice point1865 point de reprise1872 point russe1872 Greek point1882 hollie point1882 Venetian raised point1882 point de minute1886 point de Sorrentoc1890 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace 46 In the islands of the Lagune there still lingers a tale of the first origin of this most charming production. A sailor youth..brought home to his betrothed a bunch of that pretty coralline known..as the mermaid's lace. The girl..imitated it with her needle, and..produced that delicate guipure which before long became the taste of all Europe. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 345/1 Mermaids Lace. A name sometimes given to fine Venetian Points, from the legend of a lace maker having copied the seaweed known as Mermaid—making of it one of the patterns in Venetian Point. 1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 182 Mermaid's Lace. A name sometimes given to Venetian points on account of the legend of the invention of bobbin lace by a fisher girl, whose lover caught a piece of white coralline in his net, the graceful stuff being imitated by the girl as she twisted the ends and weights of the net as bobbins are twisted. < as lemmas |
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