Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine lace of a particular pattern: so named in allusion to Colbert's patronage of the industry. The name occurs in English from about 1660 to the middle of the following century. Also
colverteen .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A kind of lace.
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- noun obsolete A kind of
lace .
Etymologies
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From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.
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sionnach commented on the word colbertine
a kind of lace
October 31, 2007
uselessness commented on the word colbertine
...used in the intricately designed petticoats of one Stephen Colbert.
October 31, 2007