picot

[ pee-koh ]

noun

1. one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.

picot

/ ˈpiːkəʊ /

noun

1. any of a pattern of small loops, as on lace

Word History and Origins

Origin of picot¹

1880–85; < French: a purl, literally, a splinter, diminutive of pic prick < Germanic; pic ², pike ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of picot¹

C19: from French: small point, from pic point

Example Sentences

Its militants say explicitly they are out to erase the borders that Sykes-Picot established across most of the modern Middle East.

From The Daily Beast

To make picot edging: With crochet hook, beginning at ribbed edge at top, work 1.

From Project Gutenberg

Ganimard descended it, crossed a court and a vestibule and found himself in the rue Picot.

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He had borrowed three sokemen to hold his pleas from Picot the sheriff and had refused to give them up again.

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One of these was Picot de Blestre, a doctor as well as a fighting man, and he proved of valuable assistance to the settlement.

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This is a quick mode of making the picot, and imitates most closely the real Spanish lace.

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