Meaning of guipure | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Mantillas are larger than last year, and are generally all worn with a deep flouncing, either of the same material, or of black lace; the mantilla itself is also much trimmed with small ruchings of ribbon, guip and guipure lace, laid on quite flat.”

“[…] it happened actually to be a gray toque of draped velvet, trimmed with antique guipure, and a tall ostrich plume dyed the same shade of violet as her dress.”

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