Mechlin lace

American  

noun

1. a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.

2. a similar lace made by machine.

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Mechlin lace British  

noun

1. Also called: malines.  bobbin lace made at Mechlin, characterized by patterns outlined by a heavier flat thread

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Etymology

Origin of Mechlin lace

First recorded in 1690–1700; after Mechlin

Example Sentences

Jacques arrays his forces, and gracefully smooths his Mechlin lace cravat.

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

That Genoa velvet and Mechlin lace have run away with what would have drained the Low Meadows!

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

There was no mistaking it—the veil was of the richest Mechlin lace.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

The bride looked most bewitchingly lovely, in a simple robe of the finest Mechlin lace, with a superb veil of the same costly material, which hung down to her feet.

From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone

Slightly stirring upon the couch, the night drapery became relaxed, and from his sleeve of Mechlin lace appeared a hand and wrist of unspeakable delicacy, yet of iron strength.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various