picot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of picot
1880–85; < French: a purl, literally, a splinter, diminutive of pic prick < Germanic; see pic 2, pike 2
Example Sentences
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Last week in England scruffy backyard elms sported pale new picot edgings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
This completes the picot, the bar is then buttonholed to the end.
From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace
A steel instrument, called a picot, is then passed into each flower so as to give it a more finished appearance.
From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.
It disappeared for a short time, but burst forth again as a whole section of the bookcase revolved on a picot and disclosed a large opening like a vault.
From The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Leblanc, Maurice
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