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chantilly

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Chantilly
1. a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop.: 10 902 (1999)
2. a breed of medium-sized cat with silky semi-long hair

chantilly [shan′til·ē]
(textiles)
Bobbin lace with fine hexagonal mesh ground; the pattern is outlined in heavy thread with a design that usually contains scrolls and florals.


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Henry van der Luyden's arm, sat weeping softly under her Chantilly veil, her hands in her grandmother's ermine muff.
"But," suggested D'Artagnan, "have we not our friend Musqueton, who managed for us so well at Chantilly, Porthos?
le Prince who ordered me to hold his cards at Chantilly -- one night when a courier came to him from the king.
 
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