Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
a type of silk net used in dressmaking
another name for Mechlin lace
First recorded in 1840–50; after Malines
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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
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 Lewis, Sinclair
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 Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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 Johnston, Mary
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 youngest bell in the collection was cast in 1784 by another famed bellman, Van den Gheyn of Malines.
From Time Magazine Archive
His superiors liked him; soon, in 1877, made him professor of philosophy at the Petit Seminaire in the see of Malines the seat of Archbishop Goossens.
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
As the Germans were on their way to seize Antwerp, after they had taken the Belgian capital, they were driven out of Malines and turned upon Louvain.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
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