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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  • a kind of lace

    October 31, 2007

  • ...used in the intricately designed petticoats of one Stephen Colbert.

    October 31, 2007