单词 | point lace |
释义 | point lacen.adj. A. n. 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 > for specific purpose bridelace?1578 point lace1634 1634 Edinb. Test. LVI. f. 358v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Point-lace Sextein pundis..of poinet and blak laice... Tua hundretht ellis of poinet laice. 1644 Edinb. Test. LXI. f. 16v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Point-lace lx elnes of poinett lace of divers cullores. 2. Lace made with a needle, rather than by using bones or bobbins on a pillow; = needle lace n. at needle n. Compounds 2. Also: any of various kinds of lace made in imitation of this, esp. by the arrangement of pieces of machine-made tape into shapes to which further stitching is added by hand. Sometimes also more generally: any kind of fine-quality 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 point1619 point lace1665 pointwork1683 needle lace1865 needlepoint1865 1665 [see point-laced adj. at Derivatives]. 1672 London Gaz. No. 736/4 A Lawn Pocket handkerchief,..laced round with a fine Point lace about 4 fingers broad. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 41 Furniture for Beds of raised Point-Lace, &c. 6 per Cent. ad valorem. 1766 J. Marshall Hist. Miss C. Cathcart & Miss F. Renton I. 13 Her apron was point lace, with frills of the same. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 13 Apr. 2/2 A row of point lace, to correspond with the bottom, goes round the bust. 1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) 746 The French nets made by machinery, are..4. Tulle Anglois is double pressed point lace. 1881 A. Lang Library 65 The..pattern of the gilding resembles the Venetian point-lace. 1905 A. M. Sharp Point & Pillow Lace (ed. 2) 191 The words ‘Point lace’, properly used, signify Needle lace only, and are misused when applied to any Pillow lace whatever. 1938 M. Armstrong Fanny Kemble vi. 58 Her Anne Boleyn costume of white satin, point lace and pearls raised her spirits to rapture. 1962 G. D. Shultz Jenny Lind x. 176 It was a fan that Queen Victoria had had made expressly for Jenny, of rare point lace with mother-of-pearl sticks. 2001 Piecework Jan.–Feb. 43 The origins of Romanian point lace are unknown, but it is thought to have been developed in central Europe in the eighteenth century. B. adj. Made of or trimmed with point lace. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > needle or point point lace1775 needle-made1865 needle-run1894 1775 Mrs. Harris in Private Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 311 Mrs. Howard had a point-lace trimming that cost 500 l. 1859 Harper's Mag. May 807/1 There were point-lace handkerchiefs and Mechlin handkerchiefs. 1934 Tararua Tramper Mar. 4 He was a fat and dissipated person with a point lace cravat, heavy nose, ginger whiskers, and a borough council. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Dec. c1 She wanted to earn some money to buy Christmas presents for her husband, so she made a point-lace handkerchief and sold it for about $25. Derivatives point-ˈlaced adj. now rare adorned with point lace. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > lace > specific bone lace1622 gold-laced1624 point-laced1665 bone-laced1762 1665 Intelligencer 5 June II. 402 Six Handkerchers,..one point-laced set on Tiffany. 1894 Sc. Rev. July 70 The corridors set off with portraiture of ancestral warriors point-laced and rapiered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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