point lace

noun

lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.

Origin of point lace

First recorded in 1655–65

OTHER WORDS FROM point lace

point-laced, adjective

Words nearby point lace

pointillism, pointillistic, pointing, pointing device, point in time, point lace, pointless, point man, point mutation, point of departure, point off

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Example sentences from the Web for point lace

The beautiful girl wiped the tears from her eyes with her point-lace handkerchief.
Jack and the Check Book|John Kendrick Bangs
You yourself said you never saw such a love of a hat, and my point-lace might be the pride of a princess.
Hubert's Wife|Minnie Mary Lee
No sensible people travel with their point-lace and diamonds.
An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall|Dinah Maria Craik
A silken doublet and waistcoat of rich embroidery, over which was a turned-down shirt-collar of point-lace, surmounted the whole.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)|John Roby

The figure is life-size, and the dress is covered with point-lace and looped with points of ribbon.
A Book of the West. Volume I Devon|S. Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for point lace

point lace

noun

lace made by a needle with buttonhole stitch on a paper patternAlso called: needlepoint Compare pillow lace

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单词	point lace
释义	point lace noun lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint. Origin of point lace First recorded in 1655–65 OTHER WORDS FROM point lace point-laced, adjective Words nearby point lace pointillism, pointillistic, pointing, pointing device, point in time, point lace, pointless, point man, point mutation, point of departure, point off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for point lace The beautiful girl wiped the tears from her eyes with her point-lace handkerchief. Jack and the Check Book\|John Kendrick Bangs You yourself said you never saw such a love of a hat, and my point-lace might be the pride of a princess. Hubert's Wife\|Minnie Mary Lee No sensible people travel with their point-lace and diamonds. An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall\|Dinah Maria Craik A silken doublet and waistcoat of rich embroidery, over which was a turned-down shirt-collar of point-lace, surmounted the whole. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)\|John Roby The figure is life-size, and the dress is covered with point-lace and looped with points of ribbon. A Book of the West. Volume I Devon\|S. Baring-Gould British Dictionary definitions for point lace point lace noun lace made by a needle with buttonhole stitch on a paper patternAlso called: needlepoint Compare pillow lace Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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