释义 |
va·len·ci·ennes \və|len(t)sē|en(z) sometimes |valənsē|en(z) or |valən|sēnz\ noun also valenciennes lace Usage: usually capitalized V Etymology: from Valenciennes, industrial city of northern France : a fine bobbin lace having a ground with a square or diamond-shaped mesh which is plaited rather than twisted and a pattern made together with the ground and of the same kind of thread |