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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French dentelle.
Noun
dentelle (plural dentelles)
- (bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace.
References
- Edward H Knight (1877) “Dentelle”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “dentelle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From dent + -elle.
Pronunciation
Noun
dentelle f (plural dentelles)
- lace
Derived terms
Descendants
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