straight lace

plural straight laces

1. countableuncountableA form of lace in which the ground and figures are both formed by the same thread.

   Some of the other types of straight laces are Bucks Point, Lille, Chantilly, Mechlin, and Torchon.

   2003, Marta Cotterell Raffel, The Laces of Ipswich, page 51

   3 more examples

   Furthermore, the two sides of a straight lace are usually almost indistinguishable although, occasionally, tallies (see Plate 268) are worked over the surface on the right side.

   2001, Heather Toomer, Antique Lace: Identifying Types and Techniques, page 17

   The pattern is matched at the ends and joined so that it is continuous around the cone. You work around and around as though you were making straight lace— you'll hardly believe it until you try it but it does work!

   2012, Doris Southard, Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking

   Straight lace is the most common type of lace, although its use varies considerably from country to country and region to region.

   2012, Brigita Fuhrmann, Bobbin Lace, page 63

2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, lace.