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  malines

  noun

  Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
• Malines
  Malines

  noun

  French name of Mechlin.

malines

¹ American  

[muh-leen, ma-leen] / məˈlin, maˈlin /

noun

1. Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.

2. Mechlin lace.

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Malines ² American  

[ma-leen, muh-leenz] / maˈlin, məˈlinz /

noun

1. French name of Mechlin.

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malines ¹ British  

/ məˈliːn /

noun

1. a type of silk net used in dressmaking

2. another name for Mechlin lace

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Malines ² British  

/ malin /

noun

1. the French name for Mechelen

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Etymology

Origin of malines

First recorded in 1840–50; after Malines

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Example Sentences

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malines Malines

Her best plan will be to have a becoming shape covered with black tulle or malines, and a made bow attached to it to travel in.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

Playing-cards, snuffboxes, and fringed gloves elbowed a shelf of books, and a full-bottomed wig ogled a lady's headdress of ribbon and malines.

From Audrey by Mary Johnston

Her delay was due to the adjustment of her huge straw hat, piled with pink roses and tufts of blue malines.

From The Job An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis

Another pattern is of Indian muslin Canezcu, embroidered and trimmed with malines, open and buttoned up in the back.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

On April 19, Gedeon piloted one of 38 B-26s from the 394th on a larger bombing mission that hit rail yards in Malines, Belgium, with “excellent to good” results, according to the group’s assessment.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 2014

The company is build ing a full-scale Corfam plant in Old Hickory, Tenn., and another in Malines, Belgium, to supply the European mar ket, is spending $2,000,000 to promote Corfam in attractive ads.

From Time Magazine Archive

I dined with him at his palace in Malines shortly before I sailed and found him active and full of constructive ideas for the benefit of his people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Degrelle also openly claimed the Catholic Church was behind him, was disavowed by a letter from the Archbishop of Malines.

From Time Magazine Archive

An army of 22,000 men was quickly raised, and assembled in the outskirts of Malines.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne

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