passament

[pas-uh-muhnt]

noun

1. passement.

Example Sentences

In England the earliest lace was called passament, from the fact that the threads were passed over each other in its formation; and it is not until the reign of Richard III. that the word lace appears in royal accounts.

From Project Gutenberg

The French term dentelle is also of modern date, and was not used until fashion caused passament to be made with a toothed edge, when the designation passament dentelé appears.

From Project Gutenberg