lace made by a needle with buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
Also called: needlepoint. Compare pillow lace
point lace in American English
needlepoint lace
point lace in American English
noun
lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint
Derived forms
point-laced
adjective
Word origin
[1655–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chassis, intensity, mechanism, organism, outline