单词 | torchon |
释义 | torchonn. The French word for a duster or dishcloth: used attributively in torchon board n. a board covered with torchon paper, used in water-colour drawing. torchon lace n. (also abbreviated torchon, plural torchons) a coarse bobbin lace, of loose texture. torchon mat n. a picture-frame mat (mat n.3 1) made of torchon paper. torchon paper n. a kind of paper with a rough surface, used for water-colour drawing and for picture-frame mats. 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 > pillow or bobbin > types of Honiton lace1688 Brussels lace1748 Honiton1851 point d'Angleterre1851 torchon lace1865 Cluny1872 Duchesse lace1882 plaited lace1882 Medici lace1890 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 53 But Venice point is now no more. The sole relic of this far-famed trade is the coarse torchon lace of the old lozenge pattern offered by the peasant women of Palestrina. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 10 But laces certainly would not, not even the ‘Torchon’ now so much in vogue: the very first wash they are torn, look ragged and unsightly. 1891 Times 1 Oct. 9/3 Operations in torchon and cheap Maltese laces are still on a small scale. 1908 Athenæum 16 Feb. 198/3 From Russian lace to torchon is not a wide step, but the latter is superior, shading off..into Maltese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1865 |
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