[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Designating a type of fine point lace made originally at Lonray near Alençon, especially in "Alençon lace".

- Alençon lace; a piece or garment of this.


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Origin:
late 18th century; earliest use found in Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser. From the name of Alençon, a town in the department of Orne, north-western France