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▪ I. lacet1|ləˈsɛt| [f. lace n. + -et1.] (See quots.)
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Lacet stitch, another term for Half Stitch. Lacet work, this work is made with a braid known as Lacet Braid, which is either of silk or cotton, and woven of various widths and descriptions. 1883Standard 26 June 3/3 ‘Lacet’..in principle is braid or tape shaped into a design, the ‘brides’ and pattern supplemented with lace stitches. 1883Cassell's Fam. Mag. July 500/2 The lacet point is a needle-made lace. ▪ II. ‖ lacet2|lase| [Fr., ‘lace, hairpin bend’.] A hairpin bend in a road.
1895S. Weyman Red Cockade vi. 84 The road there descends not in lacets, but straight. 1922Glasgow Herald 18 July 9 A series of lacets brings one to the bleak crest of the Col de Cavolles. 1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 342 The Massif in Spring, the multiplied lacets Hampered by slips or drifts. 1970‘S. Troy’ Blind Man's Garden ix. 116 The Route Napoléon with its frequent corniche and lacet. |