malines
noun
Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
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malines
1 American
[muh-leen, ma -leen]
/ məˈlin, maˈlin /
noun
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Also maline a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
Malines
2
American
[ma -leen, muh-leenz]
/ maˈlin, məˈlinz /
noun
malines
1
British
/ məˈliːn /
noun
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a type of silk net used in dressmaking
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another name for Mechlin lace
Malines
2
British
/ malin /
noun
Etymology
Origin of malines
First recorded in 1840–50; after Malines
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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
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
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 youngest bell in the collection was cast in 1784 by another famed bellman, Van den Gheyn of Malines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The engineer suggested that there was a water pump at Malines, 13 miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew, but the Germans did not, that the Malines pump was out of order.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Margaret's time Malines was a flourishing commercial city, whose manufactures were exported to all parts of Europe.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne
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