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English
Noun
manillese lace (uncountable)
- (sometimes capitalized) A kind of lace made in Manila with drawn-thread work, combined with embroidery.[1][2]
References
- ^ Frank Manning Adams, John H. Bolton, Carl C. Irwin (1912) “Manillese”, in The Drygoodsman's handy dictionary, St. Louis: The Drygoodsman, page 38
- ^ F. Neville Jackson (1900) “Manillese lace”, in A history of hand-made lace, London: L. Upcott Gill, page 180