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Breton lace

American

noun

a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.

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She soon succeeded in restoring order, but the Madras muslin, the Breton lace had perished in the conflict.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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