Definition of Mechlin in English:
Mechlin
noun
(also Mechlin lace)
Lace made in the Belgian city of Mechelen (formerly known as Mechlin), characterized by patterns outlined in heavier thread.
‘The bride looked most bewitchingly lovely, in a simple robe of the finest Mechlin lace, with a superb veil of the same costly material, which hung down to her feet.’- ‘During the reign of Queen Anne, in 1713, Mechlin lace was the favourable lace of the English court.’
- ‘Anything that gets in the way of that, even the helpful notes on what Mechlin lace is or what Austen meant by complacency that decorate ‘literary classics,’ is a distraction.’
- ‘It was very difficult for me to tell if the mid 19th C. Mechlin lace offered here was hand or machine made.’
- ‘At that time, cloth industry, once flourishing, started to decline and was superseded by the famous Mechlin lace.’
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