单词 | pin work |
释义 | pin workn. Needlework. Now historical. In needlepoint lace: small crescents or points made from loose, looped stitches, used esp. in edgings. In early use also: bobbin lace. 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 > parts of pin work?1726 thorns1874 spine1882 ?1726 T. M. Captains Directory 21 Stockings & silk Ribbands & all sorts of Lace..the 100 Gl. [= guilder] value laces, or Pinwork of thread, the 100 Gl. value. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxi. 249 In the Act of 1643, ‘lace and such like pinwork’ are described as luxurious articles, not allowed to be imported of a higher value than five shillings and sixpence the Danish ell. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 458/1 Spines..are also called Pinworks, and are used to trim the raised Cordonnets that surround Spanish and Venetian Point Lace. 1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 215 Pin Work.—Also known as Couronnes, Crowns, Spines, Thorns, and Fleurs Volantes. 1983 P. Earnshaw Bobbin & Needle Laces i. iv. 76 A Ghent document of 1591 prohibited the making of ‘spellewercke’ (pin work, or bobbin lace). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1726 |
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