colbertine

Questions

What does colbertine mean?

A kind of lace.

Where does colbertine come from?

From Colbert + -ine. From Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.

How to pronounce colbertine

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