Alençon

American

[a-lahn-sawn, uh-len-suhn, -son] / a lɑ̃ˈsɔ̃, əˈlɛn sən, -sɒn /

noun

a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.

Alençon British

/ alɑ̃sɔ̃ /

noun

a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)

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After a few emails and phone calls, I finally got in touch with Poincheval, and we agreed to meet outside the train station in Alençon, about 130 miles west of Paris.

From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2015

The under-sleeves follow the shape of the others, and have two rows of Alençon lace.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

"They will be here shortly," continued Alençon hurriedly.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

Full-dress for Home.—The cap is a Louis XV. fanchon of Alençon lace.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

Henry, whom the king has reproached with his ignorance of falconry, has asked the Duke of Alençon to procure him a book on that subject.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

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