Cluny lace

noun

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

Origin of Cluny lace

1870–75; named after Cluny, France

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Historical Examples of cluny lace

Tufik's gift proved to be a small linen doily, with a Cluny-lace border!
Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Mary Roberts Rinehart
We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence.
Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for cluny lace

Cluny lace

noun

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

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