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picot

American  
[pee-koh] / ˈpi koʊ /

noun

  1. one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.


picot British  
/ ˈpiːkəʊ /

noun

  1. any of a pattern of small loops, as on lace

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of picot

1880–85; < French: a purl, literally, a splinter, diminutive of pic prick < Germanic; see pic 2, pike 2

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Last week in England scruffy backyard elms sported pale new picot edgings.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the picot edge: Two doubles in 2 stitches, chain 3 for a picot; repeat.

From Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous

A fine picot braid edges each side of the flounce.

From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.

The coverlet is bordered with a puffing of French lace, and the top of it is encrusted with little flowers made of tiny French picot ribbons, and quillings of the narrowest of lace.

From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de

With the gray make 2 trebles, picot of 3 chain caught in last treble and 1 treble around neck, and between 1st and 2d trebles of shells around body of jacket.

From Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous

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