venise lace

venise lace
\\və̇ˈnēs, ˈvenə̇s-\ noun also venise (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized V
Etymology: venise from French, from Venise Venice, from Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia
2. : a machine-made imitation of Venetian point made by the burnt-out process

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