Noun
A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord.
Usage- Uncountable
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And if disputes of empire rise between / Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen.
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[…]“Only think, my dear, of my having got that frightful great rent in my best Mechlin so charmingly mended, before I left Bath, that one can hardly see where it was.
People like the moth, / Of mechlin, frames, / Duties of gossamer, / And eider names.