Lille lace

noun

A kind of lightweight bobbin lace, popular in the 18th century.

Meanings

nounLille lace (countable and uncountable, plural Lille laces)

plural Lille laces

  1. countableuncountableA kind of lightweight bobbin lace, popular in the 18th century.

Origin

Traditionally made at Lille in France.

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Lille lace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lille%20lace

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