filet lace

noun

a square mesh net or lace, originally knotted by hand but now copied by machine.

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Origin of filet lace

1905–10; < French filet net (Old French file something spun, past participle of filer; see file1) + -et -et

Words nearby filet lace

filecard, filefish, filename, filene, filet, filet lace, filet mignon, filial, filial generation, filial piety, filiate
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