Brussels

Brussels carpet — a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern.

Brussels ground — a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads.

Brussels lace — an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.

Brussels net — an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.

Brussels point — See Point lace.

Brussels sprouts — a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or “sprouts,” each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage.

Brussels wire ground — a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched.