Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Mechlin
noun · first attested 17th century
The lace carries the English name for Mechelen.
A fine bobbin lace with a corded outline.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Mechelen
- In English
Mechlin
Mechlin is how English wrote Mechelen, a Flemish lacemaking town. The lace kept the anglicised spelling.
Belgium
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