entrelac

English

Hat knit using entrelac, in four colors

Etymology

From French entrelac.

Noun

entrelac (uncountable)

1. (knitting) A knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern, comprising interconnected squares on two different orientations.

Translations

Translations

• French: entrelac (fr), entrelacs (fr)

Anagrams

• centrale, clearnet

French

Alternative forms

• entrelacs

Etymology

From entrelacer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

entrelac m (plural entrelacs)

1. (especially in plural) entanglement; tracery

Descendants

• English: entrelac

Further reading

• “entrelac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.