† cobweb lawn Obs.
[see cobweb n. 6.]
A very fine transparent lawn.
| 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 64 To couer his fine daughter Sib, with Copweb-lawne to catch butterflies. 1640 in Entick London II. 174 Cobweb lawns, each 15 yards. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 4 Mrs. Turner, the first inventress of yellow starch, was executed in a cobweb lawn ruff of that colour, at Tyburn. 1691 Satyr agst. French 21 With Complements as thin as Cob-web Lawn. |
| fig. 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Scornful Lady iv. i, Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. |