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guipure.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɪˈp(j)ʊə/Received-Pronunciation/ɡiːˈp(j)ʊə/Received-Pronunciation/ɡiːˈp(j)ʊəɹə/Received-Pronunciation/ɡɪˈp(j)ʊɹ/General-American
  1. A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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