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dentelle

[ den-tel, dahn- ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dentelle1

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

La Veste aussy longue que le Juste au Corps de toile blanche garnie de dentelle ou point.

Unhappily, in many instances the mechanical dentelle overburdened the work, and gave it a commonplace regularity.

The sortie de bal which covers the body, is of white cachmere, finished by a deep flounce of dentelle de laine.

A style of ornament having dentelle border with small birds among the arabesques.

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