colbertine

== English == === Etymology === From Colbert +‎ -ine. From Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV, who encouraged the lace manufacture in France. === Noun === colbertine (uncountable) (obsolete) A kind of lace. Synonyms: colberteen, Colbertine lace === References === “colbertine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.