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valencienneses

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Va⋅len⋅ci⋅ennes

  [vuh-len-see-enz; Fr. va-lahn-syen]
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–noun
1. a city in N France, SE of Lille. 43,202.
2. Also called Valenciennes lace, Val, Val lace. Textiles.
a. a flat bobbin lace of linen, worked in one piece with the same thread forming the ground and the motif.
b. a cotton imitation of it.
Origin:
1710–20, for def. 2
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Va·len·ci·ennes 2   (və-lěn'sē-ěn', -ěnz', vāl'ən-sē-)   
n.  A fine lace with a floral pattern.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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