And “grenade” itself comes from the word “grain” (same meaning as in English). I wondered how it became associated with crepe fabric, but I think it’s from the same concept as “seeds”. Pomegranates have seeds, the surface of a grenade has “seeds” and the surface of crepe fabric could also be described as having “seeds”.
Hope this helps. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > On Jun 11, 2016, at 7:29 AM, Brenda Paternoster <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 11 Jun 2016, at 15:12, Nathalie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you for the interesting reaction on my question on Grenadine >> d'Alais, the silk for Chantilly lace. >> The meaning of Alais became clear but what is Grenadine? >> >> Does anyone know what Grenadine means? >> > Wikipedia says it’s from the french ‘grenade” which means pomegranate. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadine > but a grenade weapon which is thrown has a textured surface not dissimilar to > the texture of crepe fabric which is what you get when highly twisted > grenadine thread is closely woven into fabric. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
