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
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
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
A dainty picot braid follows the outer edge of the doily.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
Chain 4, fasten back in 1st stitch for a picot, a double between 2 trebles, repeat, making 5 picots around the shell, a double in single treble; repeat.
From Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous
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