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From Colbert + -ine. From Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
colbertine
Today it means: A kind of lace. Full definition →
Today it means: A kind of lace. Full definition →
From Colbert + -ine. From Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.