Limerick lace

noun

A kind of hybrid lace of embroidered needle lace or crocheted lace on a machine-made net base, originally made in Limerick, Ireland, and noted for its variety of delicate fillings.

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Meanings

nounLimerick lace (countable and uncountable, plural Limerick laces)

plural Limerick laces

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA kind of hybrid lace of embroidered needle lace or crocheted lace on a machine-made net base, originally made in Limerick, Ireland, and noted for its variety of delicate fillings.
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