colbertine
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colbertine
Where it comes from
From Colbert + -ine.
From Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.
noun
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A kind of lace.
Similar: colberteen, Colbertine lace
Talk about this word "colbertine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/colbertine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. colbertine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/colbertine "colbertine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colbertine.Cite this
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title = {colbertine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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