Brussels
prop. n.
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The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949,070 (metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. (Geography)
Phrases & Compounds
- Brussels carpet
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a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern.
- Brussels ground
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a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads.
- Brussels lace
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an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.
- Brussels net
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an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.
- Brussels point
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See Point lace.
- Brussels sprouts
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a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or “sprouts,” each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage.
- Brussels wire ground
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a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched.