lacing

/ˈleɪsɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To fasten (something) with laces.

  2. 2

    To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

  3. 3

    To interweave items.

    to lace one's fingers together
  4. 4

    To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

  5. 5

    To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.

  6. 6

    To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

    cloth laced with silver

noun

  1. 1

    That with which something is laced.

    A light lacing of rum goes into the cake batter.
  2. 2

    The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.

  3. 3

    A beating as punishment; a hiding.

  4. 4

    Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.

  5. 5

    The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.

  6. 6

    The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.

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