First Words
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A short web article by Brian Lemin presenting entries from the Oxford English Dictionary on the earliest recorded uses of words for lace and its tools: lace (as trimming braid and as openwork fabric), bobbin, and bone-lace. Each entry is followed by dated quotations from the 16th to 19th centuries. Lemin notes that the dictionary does not define lacemaking tool names such as bed fly, leopard, maid or candle stool.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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