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Cluny lace

noun

  1. ivory-white bobbin lace made of strong linen or cotton thread.
  2. a machine lace, usually of cotton, copied from it.

Cluny lace

noun

  1. a strong heavy silk and cotton bobbin lace made at Cluny or elsewhere

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cluny lace1

1870–75; named after Cluny, France

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Example Sentences

Tufik's gift proved to be a small linen doily, with a Cluny-lace border!

We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence.

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