Maltese lace
noun
A variety of bobbin lace originally made in Malta, usually of black, cream, or white silk, and typically incorporating the Maltese cross and wheatears in its design; (also in later use) any plaited bobbin lace inspired by the Maltese style, especially the English lace known more fully as Bedfordshire Maltese lace (also Beds-Maltese lace).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Catalogue of the Great Exhibition.
- Queen's Proctor
- queen's pudding
- queen's rook
- queen's root
- Queen's Scout
- Queen's Speech
- queen staysail
- queen stitch
- Queen Street
- queen substance
- queensware
- Queen's weather
- queen's woman
- queen's wreath
- queen triggerfish
- queen truss
- queen wasp
- queen-widow
- queenwood
- queeny
- queer
- queer-bash
- queer-basher
- queer-bashing
- queercore