PILLOW LACE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins

Synonyms:

bobbin lace; pillow lace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pillow lace" is a kind of...):

lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pillow lace"):

Valenciennes; Valenciennes lace (a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns)

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