və|len(t)sē|en(z) sometimes |valənsē|en(z) or |valən|sēnz noun
also valenciennes lace
Usage: usually capitalized V
Etymology: from Valenciennes, industrial city of northern France
: a fine bobbin lace having a ground with a square or diamond-shaped mesh which is plaited rather than twisted and a pattern made together with the ground and of the same kind of thread