dentelle

[ den-tel, dahn- ]

noun
  1. a lacelike, tooled pattern used in decorating book covers.

Origin of dentelle

1
1840–50; <French: lace, literally, little tooth <Old French dentele, diminutive of denttooth <Latin dent- (stem of dēns)

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