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Definition of Tattings
1. tatting [n] - See also: tatting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tattings
Literary usage of Tattings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1856)
"The variety of lace articles since obtained from the warp loom, has been almost
incredible. Silk blonds and edgings, silk nets and laces, cotton tattings, ..."
2. A History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures by William Felkin (1867)
"6399, for tattings in imitation of bobbin net; in 1835, ... ornamented lace of
a superior character, cotton warp tattings were much depressed for a time, ..."
3. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"tattings AND PEARLS, narrow lace used for edging nets; tattings vary In width,
from a quarter to the sixteenth ot an inch* while pearls are still narrower. ..."
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