Sentence:  She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and <WSD>lace</WSD>, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]&mdash;all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.(W)