guipure

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French guipure, from guiper (“to cover with silk”), ultimately borrowed from Frankish *wīpan (“to wind, wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, wrap”). Related to English wimple. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡiːˈpjʊə/ Rhymes: -ʊə === Noun === guipure (countable and uncountable, plural guipures) A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French guipure, guippure (“trimmings”), a derivative of guiper, from Old French guiper (“to cover with silk”), from Frankish *wīpan (“to wrap”), cognate with Old High German wīfan (“to twist”), Middle Dutch wīpen (“to crown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡi.pyʁ/ === Noun === guipure f (plural guipures) guipure === Further reading === “guipure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012