Venise lace

noun

Ve·​nise lace

və̇ˈnēs,

ˈvenə̇s-

variants or less commonly Venise

plural -s

1

: venetian point

2

: a machine-made imitation of Venetian point made by the burnt-out process

Word History

Etymology

venise from French, from Venise Venice, from Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia

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