guipure
/ɡɪˈp(j)ʊɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Mantillas are larger than last year, and are generally all worn with a deep flouncing, either of the same material, or of black lace; the mantilla itself is also much trimmed with small ruchings of ribbon, guip and guipure lace, laid on quite flat."
- "[…] it happened actually to be a gray toque of draped velvet, trimmed with antique guipure, and a tall ostrich plume dyed the same shade of violet as her dress."
Etymology
Borrowed from French guipure, from guiper (“to cover with silk”), ultimately borrowed from Frankish *wīpan (“to wind, wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, wrap”). Related to English wimple.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weyp-, guipure, *wīpan, *wīpaną
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɪˈp(j)ʊɹ/
- British English: /ɡɪˈp(j)ʊə/