Guipure Definition

gĭ-po͝or, -pyo͝or
noun
Lace without any ground mesh, having the patterns held together by connecting threads.
Webster's New World
A kind of gimp fabric.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Guipure

Noun

Singular:
guipure
Plural:
guipures

Origin of Guipure

  • French from Old French from guiper to cover with silk of Germanic origin weip- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French guipure, from guiper ‘to cover with silk’.

    From Wiktionary

Guipure Sentence Examples

  • The production of lace and guipure, occupying 112,000 persons, is carried on mainly in the towns and villages of Haute-Loire and in Vosges (Mirecourt), Rhne (Lyons), Pas-de-Calais (Calais) and Paris.

  • The bodice is on elastic straps, made of semi-stretched dense fabric and covered with guipure.

  • The lid, a costumer's name for the top of the tutu, is circular ,with a cut angle in front and also made of guipure.

  • The arm ruffles are guipure and tulle trimmed with gold or silver sparkling braid.

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Words Starting With

GGUGUI

Words Ending With

EREURE

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