guipure

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɡiːˈpjʊə/

Definition of guipure

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
    “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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Etymology

Borrowed from French guipure, from guiper (“to cover with silk”), ultimately borrowed from Frankish *wīpan (“to wind, wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, wrap”). Related to English wimple.

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