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point coupé
[ French pwan koo-pey ]
noun
- Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- Also called cutwork lace. the lace produced by this process.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of point coupé1
1860–65; < French: cut point
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Example Sentences
I made periodical visits to our plantation in Point Coupe parish, over fifty miles distant from Clinton.
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