单词 | nottingham lace |
释义 | > as lemmasNottingham lace c. Designating a type of machine-made flat lace originally produced in Nottingham. Esp. in Nottingham lace. Also absol. 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 > machine-made net1832 plait-net1844 Nottingham lace1848 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > machine-made Levers1867 Nottingham lace1921 1848 Spectator 13 May 466/2 The affections were to be transferred, at the order of a Cabinet Council, from Derby silk to Lyons, from Nottingham lace to Valenciennes. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ix. 182 Hetty's dreams were all of luxuries: to sit in a carpeted parlour..to have Nottingham lace round the top of her gown. 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes iii. 188 Edgings of the common Nottingham antique lace at eight to ten cents a yard. 1919 T. Wright Romance of Lace Pillow xv. 213 The low prices at which machine lace could be sold caused great consternation among the Bucks workers. ‘Nottingham Net’ followed by ‘Urling's Figured Imitations’. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Oct. 7/7 50 Pairs of Nottingham Lace Curtains at $1.95 a Pair. 1967 Guardian 3 July 4 Some of us still think of machine-made lace as ‘Nottingham’ and equate it with soot-soiled curtains in back streets. 1993 M. Cole Ladykiller (BNC) 152 She had been proud of her Nottingham lace curtains. < as lemmas |
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