| 单词 | pearl-tie |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearl-tie C1. General attributive, as pearl-edge, pearl-loop, pearl-tie, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging > purl or picot pearl1542 purl1564 picot1623 tape-purla1652 pearl-edge1824 1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 145 A perle drissing for Mrs. Marie. 1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Jan. 3/2 The bottom of the skirt is richly ornamented by festoons of lace, sustained by pearl loops; between each are Gueldress roses and leaves formed entirely of pearl. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 225 I could not always control a certain wandering inclination for figured patterns and pearl edges. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iii. 27 The flowers are connected by irregular threads overcast (buttonhole stitch), and sometimes worked over with pearl loops (picot). To these uniting threads, called by our lace-makers ‘pearl ties’—old Randle Holme styles them ‘coxcombs’—the Italians give the name of ‘legs’, the French that of ‘brides’. 1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making xi. 186 Pearl bars, or the Brides Picoteés, are much used as a ground. < as lemmas |
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