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Definition of Colbertine

Colbertine
Colbertine Col"ber*tine, n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace. [Obs.] Pinners edged with colbertine. --Swift. Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. --Young.

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