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Mechlin

Mechlin is the dated form of Mechelen.

Meaning of Mechelen

Proper noun

Mechelen

  1. A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
    Synonyms:
    Malines

Noun

Mechlin (uncountable)

  1. A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord.
    • And if disputes of empire rise between / Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen.1725-8, Edward Young, Love of Fame, The Universal Passion, "Satire V: On Women", line 359-60
    • […]“Only think, my dear, of my having got that frightful great rent in my best Mechlin so charmingly mended, before I left Bath, that one can hardly see where it was.1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817...

Forms of Mechlin

alternative formmechlin
alternative formMecklin

Questions about Mechlin

What does Mechlin mean?
Mechlin means a kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord.
What is Mechlin the dated form of?
Mechlin is the dated form of Mechelen.
What part of speech is Mechlin?
Mechlin is a noun.

Words near Mechlin in the dictionary

  1. mechitzahs
  2. mechitzas
  3. mechitzot
  4. Mechler
  5. Mechlers
  6. Mechlin
  7. Mechling
  8. Mechlings
  9. mechlorethamine
  10. mechoacan
  11. mechoui

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mechlin (page history and authors); Mechelen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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