filet lace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of filet lace
1905–10; < French filet net ( Old French file something spun, past participle of filer; file 1 ) + -et -et
Example Sentences
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There is some striking filet lace on the various altar-cloths.
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The clothes were fun, the boxes and boxes and boxes that came home for her, the petticoats and stockings, the nightgowns heavy with filet lace, and the rough boots for tramping and driving, and the silk and satin slippers for the house.
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So Patty bought a beautiful luncheon set of filet lace and embroidery for Mrs. Kenerley, and an Oriental antique paper cutter for her husband.
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Filet Lace.—Any lace made with a square mesh net.
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The bride looked extremely well in a gown of ivory crepe-de-chene, trimmed with filet lace and ivory aeroplane.
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