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[syn: Valenciennes, Valenciennes lace]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Valenciennes lace \Va*len`ci*ennes" lace"\ [F.; -- so called
after the town of Valenciennes.]
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each
piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same
person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in
the net.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Valenciennes lace
n 1: a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns [syn:
Valenciennes, Valenciennes lace]