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point d'Alençon

[ French pwan da-lahn-sawn ]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of point d'Alençon1

1840–50; < French: Alençon stitch

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Example Sentences

It was from the woman who had sold him the beautiful corsage of old point d'Alencon, his first present to Clotilde.

Point d'Alencon won the battle, and the making of lace spread all over Normandy.

The neck was square, cut modestly low, and filled in with lace of a delicate, frosty pattern—Point d'Alencon.

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