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‖ réseau|rezo|
Also † 6 Sc. rasour; reseau. Pl. -x.
[Fr., = net, web, etc.]
1. a. A plain net ground used in lace-making.
1578Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 218 Aucht small peces of rasour of quhite silk. Ibid. 222 Ane lang taillit gowne of rasour of quhit silk. 1578in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) xxxiii. 395 Fyve litell vaills of wovin rasour of threde. 1865F. B. Palliser Ibid. vii. 105 There were two kinds of ground used in Brussels lace, the bride and the réseau. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVI. 41/2 To the period from 1620 to 1670 belongs the development of long continuous scroll patterns with réseaux and brides. 1953M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making v. 40 The laces of Louis XVI have a lighter design, finally becoming little more than a border to the Réseau or net grounds on which are sprinkled small sprays. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 294/1 Later, in the 18th century, Milan lace adopted the réseaux made popular in northern Europe. 1975Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 524/1 Sometimes the réseau was bobbin-made and the threads attached to the open edges of the toilé, following the pattern.
b. With qualifying adjective or phrase, as réseau à l'aiguille |a lɛgɥij| [Fr. aiguille, needle], hand-made net ground; réseau ordinaire |ɔrdinɛr| [Fr., ordinary], standard machine-made net ground; réseau rosacé |rozase| [Fr., rosaceous] a mesh ground with a flower pattern.
1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace vii. 106 Since machine-made net has come into use the ‘réseau à l'aiguille’ is rarely made, save for royal trousseaux. Ibid., Machinery has now added a third [way of making the réseau], the tulle or Brussels net, ‘réseau ordinaire’, made of Scotch thread. 1900E. Jackson Hist. Hand-Made Lace 218 Réseau Rosacé, the name given to the réseau ground in Argentan lace. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVI. 41/2 Grounds composed entirely of varieties of modes as in the case of the réseau rosacé..were sometimes made then [sc. about 1700 to 1760]. 1953M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making iv. 14 The ground is the Réseau Ordinaire and the central filling the Mignon.
2. A network or grid, esp. one superimposed as a reference marking on photographs in astronomy, surveying, etc.
1902Nature 5 June 140/1 The réseau is hinged in front of the plate, its correct register being determined by geometrical contacts. 1906Athenæum 27 Jan. 111/1 Prof. Turner showed specimens of photographic reproductions of réseaux for stellar photography made by M. H. Bourget. 1940C. A. Hart Air Photogr. applied to Surveying ix. 245 Extreme accuracy of recording on a stereoscopic instrument becomes of value only when there is provided a stable basis of measurement, such as a reseau, a device commonly used in astronomical measurements from photographs. 1963W. K. Kilford Elem. Air Survey i. 19 A squared réseau is also sometimes engraved on the plate. This will make apparent any distortions of the negative due to non-flatness in the focal plane. 1976J. B. Garner et al. Surveying xiii. 228 The Principal Point is engraved on this glass, as are a number of small crosses, conventionally at 10mm centres in either direction, all of which are imaged at every exposure. These crosses form a reseau grid and enable the user to determine any subsequent distortion of the film to considerable accuracy.
3. A spy or intelligence network, esp. in the French resistance movement.
1960G. Martelli Agent Extraordinary v. 82 This arrangement..enabled him to devote more time..to the running of the réseau. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France ix. 258 Various intelligence réseaux in Paris. 1973L. Snelling Heresy ii. i. 62 These agents made no connection between Graham and the escape réseau. 1974T. Allbeury Snowball vii. 37 Paul Loussier had been an active member of one of the SOE réseaux in Paris when the Resistance was only measured in hundreds. |