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Definition of Dentelle
1. n. An ornamental tooling like lace.
Definition of Dentelle
1. lacework [n -S] - See also: lacework
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentelle
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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