point coupé

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Fr. pwan ko̅o̅ pā′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
point cou•pé  (Fr. pwan ko̅o̅ pā′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Foreign Terms, TextilesAlso called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
  2. Textiles, Foreign TermsAlso called cutwork lace. the lace produced by this process.
  • French: cut point
  • 1860–65

'point coupé' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cutwork - cutwork lace

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