[a. F. ficelle pack-thread.] Only in comb., as, ficelle color, the color of pack-thread; ficelle-lace, string-colored lace.
1882. Queen, 22 July, 94/1. No dress looked prettier than a thin canvas of dark ficelle colour.
1882. World, 21 June, 18/1. A white muslin trimmed with wide flouncings of ficelle lace.
