Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
a type of silk net used in dressmaking
another name for Mechlin lace
First recorded in 1840–50; after Malines
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Her best plan will be to have a becoming shape covered with black tulle or malines, and a made bow attached to it to travel in.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Another pattern is of Indian muslin Canezcu, embroidered and trimmed with malines, open and buttoned up in the back.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
Playing-cards, snuffboxes, and fringed gloves elbowed a shelf of books, and a full-bottomed wig ogled a lady's headdress of ribbon and malines.
From Audrey by Johnston, Mary
Her delay was due to the adjustment of her huge straw hat, piled with pink roses and tufts of blue malines.
From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair
On April 19, Gedeon piloted one of 38 B-26s from the 394th on a larger bombing mission that hit rail yards in Malines, Belgium, with “excellent to good” results, according to the group’s assessment.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2014
It was the latter who arranged the annual conversations at Malines, Belgium, the seat of his archbishopric, to which every June came many Anglicans to discuss and forward progress toward church unity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Years dead is Belgium's great Cardinal Mercier, but his successor, Cardinal van Roey, Archbishop of Malines, sang the Solemn Requiem Mass in sombre black and silver vestments.
From Time Magazine Archive
It made Adolf Hitler so angry that his personal Berlin newsorgan Volkischer Beobachter told Germans: "The election result was falsified in advance by the statement from the Archbishop of Malines."
From Time Magazine Archive
With the fall of Antwerp, for Malines and Brussels were already in the hands of Farnese, the whole of the southern Netherlands was brought once more to recognize the authority of Philip.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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