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point lace

noun

  1. lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.


point lace

noun

  1. lace made by a needle with buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern Also calledneedlepoint Compare pillow 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


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Other Words From

  • point-laced adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of point lace1

First recorded in 1655–65
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Example Sentences

On one side of her sat the elder Mrs. Colton, in black silk with a point-lace collar; a sweet-faced frankly elderly woman.

James handed his mistress a charming toy of pink moiré antique silk and point lace, mounted on a handle of carved ivory.

A collar of fine white human hair was made in point lace stitches at Venice, and worn at his coronation by Louis Quatorze.

Mrs. Marshall Field, I remember, came in an elaborate point lace shawl, and no hat.

You yourself said you never saw such a love of a hat, and my point-lace might be the pride of a princess.

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