'Valenciennes lace' definitions:
Definition of 'Valenciennes lace'
(from WordNet)
noun
A type of bobbin lace with floral patterns [syn: Valenciennes, Valenciennes lace]
Definition of 'Valenciennes lace'
From: GCIDE
- Valenciennes lace \Va*len`ci*ennes" lace"\ [F.; -- so called after the town of Valenciennes.] A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net. [1913 Webster]