guipure means A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
guipure is pronounced /ɡiːˈpjʊə/.
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.
noun
- A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.“Mantillas are larger than last year, and are generally all worn with a deep flouncing, either of the same material, or of black lace; the mantilla itself is also much trimmed with small ruchings of ribbon, guip and guipure lace, laid on quite flat.”