tracing-thread love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In lacemaking: A bordering thread thicker than most of the threads of the fabric, usually indicating the pattern.
  • noun A group or cluster of threads used for such bordering. Compare trolley-thread (under trolley), and Mechlin lace (under lace).

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