Definition of Dentelle

1. n. An ornamental tooling like lace.

Definition of Dentelle

1. lacework [n -S] - See also: lacework

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentelle

dentate nucleus
dentate nucleus of cerebellum
dentate suture
dentatectomy
dentated
dentately
dentation
dentations
dentatorubral cerebellar atrophy with polymyoclonus
dentatorubral fibres
dentatothalamic fibres
dentatothalamic tract
dentatum
dented
dentel
dentelle (current term)
dentelles
dentels
dentes
dentes acustici
dentex
dentexes
denti-
dentia
dentia praecox
dentia tarda
dential
denticities
denticity

Literary usage of Dentelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"^dentelle ! nothing doing, I am not having any ! ... dentelle, sb. f. Avoir les pieds en dentelle, to be unwilling to do something. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Collection of Books, Manuscripts, and Works of Art by Henry Probasco, Newberry Library (1873)
"4 vols. in 2, 8vo, India proofs, green morocco gilt, purple morocco lining ornamented with rich dentelle borders, and a bouquet of roses in gold and colors. ..."

3. De Luxe Catalogue of the Art and Literary Treasures Collected by the Late ...by Brayton Ives by Brayton Ives (1915)
"... full brown levant morocco, richly tooled ornaments of leaf sprays in the corners, doublures of red levant, gilt dentelle borders, gilt edges, ..."

4. Examples of the Art of Book-binding by Bernard Quaritch (1897)
"The dentelle is of a pretty pattern and encloses the arms of the first owner. ... The enclosed figure at each of the fonr corners of the dentelle horder is ..."

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