Colbertine \Col"ber*tine\, n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Pinners edged with colbertine. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. --Young. [1913 Webster]