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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 368 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TULLE , a See also:

TERM

term restricted in See also:

England to a See also:

FINE

fine bobbin-See also:

NET

net of See also:

SILK

silk, used for veils, scarves, millinery purposes, and trimmings of ladies' dresses, &c . The See also:

French used the word to mean all See also:

machine-made See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace the basis of which is the intertwisted net-See also:

WORK

work made on the bobbin-net machine . The word is derived from the See also:

TOWN

town of Tulle in See also:

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