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nounA colored linen tape woven on a simple narrow loom and used for trimmings.
The yarn or thread used in making this tape.
A kind of tape or braid formerly employed as a trimming, being sewed upon the surface as in modern braided work. It was either of a single color or of several in stripes.
A material formerly used for decorative needlework, either crewel or embroidery-wool, or perhaps silk or flax.
In modern use, a broad linen tape; wrought spinel.
