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point coupé

[pwan koo-pey]

noun

  1. Also called cutworka process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.

  2. Also called cutwork lacethe lace produced by this process.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of point coupé1

1860–65; < French: cut point
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Example Sentences

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"Massa not get over in six hours, and come to land at Point Coupé."

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Proceed we to the— “Ouvrages de point Coupé,” of which there are thirty-six.

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Nouveaux pourtraicts de point coupé et dantelles en petite moyenne et grande forme, nouvellement inventez et mis en lumière.

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