Cluny lace

noun

1. ivory-white bobbin lace made of strong linen or cotton thread.
2. a machine lace, usually of cotton, copied from it.

Cluny lace

noun

1. a strong heavy silk and cotton bobbin lace made at Cluny or elsewhere

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cluny lace¹

1870–75; named after Cluny, France

Example Sentences

Tufik's gift proved to be a small linen doily, with a Cluny-lace border!

From Project Gutenberg

We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence.

From Project Gutenberg