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Brussels lace definition

Brussels lace

  1. Historical a bobbin or needlepoint lace with a raised design
  2. a machine-made lace with an appliquéd design

Etymology: after Brussels, where orig. made

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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