torchon lace

torchon lace
/tawr"shon/; Fr. /tawrdd shawonn"/
1. a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
2. a machine-made imitation of this.
[1875-80; torchon < F: duster, dishcloth, lit., something to wipe with, equiv. to torch(er) to wipe (see TORCH2) + -on n. suffix]

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 coarse bobbin-made lace (see bobbin lace) made by peasants in most European countries in which simple geometric patterns are carried out. With other simple kinds of lace it was the mainstay of the lace makers of the Austrian Tirol. It is the type of lace on which apprentices generally begin learning the craft.

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