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lacis - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lacis'

English

Noun

(-)
  • A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 122:
  • *:he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting [...] veils of lacis worked in Hungary point [...].
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