lacingn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈleɪsɪŋ/

Forms: see lace v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lace v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < lace v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier lace n.

a. The action of lace v. (in various senses); the process or practice of fastening or securing with a lace or laces; the fact of being laced. Also: an instance of this.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > fastening > compressing waist by

lacingc1405

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding with a cord, string, or tying

lacingc1405

tying1480

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > trimming > in other ways

lacingc1405

tufting1554

befrogging1843

French braiding1915

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1646 Gyggynge of sheeldes, with layners lasynge.

1532 R. Whittington tr. Erasmus De Ciuilitate Morun Puerilium sig. B.3 Lyght & wanton gardyng of the breche & lasyng of the bely, was neuer praysed in man nor woman.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 8 To breake your fast standing and whilest your Armour is in lacing.

1615 Merrie Dial. Band, Ruffe & Cuffe sig. A4 Ruffe. I will lace thee roundly...Cuffe. If they talke of lacing, I were best looke about my selfe.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xviii. 83 They [sc. bandages] require your consideration and care how they be laced: for by the unequall hard lacing of them you may raise a Tumour.

1737 W. Oldys Brit. Librarian June 368 The Author inveighs most bitterly against our pernicious Custom of swathing and lacing of Infants.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 381 To be fixed by pinning or lacing, on the side opposite to the wound.

1819 C. Stothard Let. in A. E. Bray Mem. C. Stothard 335 The lacing of the helmet to the cervelliere, appears to have been first disused in all those monuments of the time of Henry IV.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV (Pierpont Morgan) lxxxvi, in Wks. (1837) 649 (note) To help the ladies in their dress and lacing.

1871 Figure Training 75 The lace..at the first lacing was moderately tight.

1917 Country Gentleman 3 Nov. 36/1 It will be found necessary..to splice once during the lacing of a seven or eight inch drive belt.

2010 J. Stanton Running iii. 76 Many of today's shoes have an optional lace hole at the top which gives you an option of even tighter lacing.

b. colloquial. A beating, a thrashing; (now chiefly Sport) a resounding defeat.In quot. 1622: a lash. Cf. lace v. 7a.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating

swingingc1200

beating?c1225

chastising1303

correctionc1386

lashingc1400

scouring1426

Moses' law1482

jerking1552

whipping1566

yarking1573

feaking1600

correct1606

tawing1620

lacing1622

castigation1640

basking1642

verberation1661

strappado1668

the lash1694

flogging1758

whopping1812

quilting1822

blistering1842

whaling1852

nailing1895

1622 T. Walkley tr. J. de Luna Pursuit Hist. Lazarillo ix. 80 Hee would giue mee a hundred lacings with his knotty girdle.

1765 I. Bickerstaff Maid of Mill ii. x. 42 If I have not a mind to give you with this switch in my hand here, as good a lacing—.

1827 G. Griffin Holland-tide 254 'Tis in vain for people to inform—to be sure, two or three tried it, but got nothing by it, barring a good laceing at the next fair-day.

1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. ii. 41 The sound lacing which the young rascal should inevitably receive.

1911 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 11 Jan. 10/1 Bat received the lacing of his life.

1970 R. Peterson Only Ball was White viii. 105 When he was pitted against Hoboken..he suffered a 13-0 lacing.

2011 Courier-Mail (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 105 The Storm are in for a lacing by the Titans.

a. That which laces up something (esp. an item of clothing or footwear); a fastening, a tie; a shoelace.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string

lacea1382

pointc1390

sinka1425

lacingc1440

pointing ribbon1543

pointing silk1571

string1674

lacer1813

c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) l. 744 He ne couthe neuer fynd righte The lacynge of his wede.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 (MED) Neþer is no man worþi to opun þe lasing of his scho.

1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 31 For i½ unce ribanis to be pointis and lasingis viij s. iij d.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Abrochadura Lacing of a coate, strictura.

1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. i. 3 One part only was to be seen through the lacing of her buskins.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 94/2 The Stomacher is that peece as lieth under the lacing or binding on of the Body of the Gown.

1749 Ladies Advocate 28 He..cut the lacings of her Body-Coat,..but in such a Hurry, that he razed her Skin, and fetched Blood.

1754 Full & Authentic Acct. Affair M. Squires & E. Canning 196 She went to a Dresser and took out a Knife and ripped the Lacing of her Stays.

1880 R. Grant Confessions Frivolous Girl 120 Canvas shoes with colored lacings.

1915 Corset & Underwear Rev. Oct. 40/1 The lacing at the back serves to adjust the abdominal supporter firmly.

1946 Boys' Life Oct. 31/1 Most passers grip the lacing of the ball with the fingers.

2001 Techn. Guide (YHA Adventure Shops) Summer 39/1 Synthetic suede lining and one-pull lacing for a snug fit.

b. Ornamental braiding, (now) esp. for military uniforms; a piece of this; = lace n. 6a.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ribbon or braid

lace1548

cordon1578

lacing1593

galloon1604

galloon-lace1611

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific

parchment lace1542

lace1548

lacing1593

Naples lace1612

mignonette1721

struntain1793

French braid1809

lacet1822

Russia braid1825

Russian braid1839

soutache1856

mignardise1868

galloon1877

rickrack1880

Greek braid1894

vermicelli braid1904

tracing-braid1906

Paris binding1918

oak-leaf braid1934

1593 in L. Toulmin Smith Gleanings Old Acct. Bk. (1878) 24 Paid..for fowertene yeardes of lacing,..[etc.] 2s. 10d.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passement,..a lace, or lacing.

1694 tr. O. G. de Busbecq Four Epist. conc. Embassy into Turkey i. 95 Those who were of one Order had cloathing all of one sort; there were no foolish Hems, Lacings, Fringes or Borders.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 93 He..began to cut and rip and rend away the lacings of his suit, without sparing cloth or seam.

1865 Papers relating to Foreign Affairs: Pt. 1 (1866) 515 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (39th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 1/2) The officers wear a gray uniform with gold lacings.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 The half-state uniforms are made of royal blue cloth, with gold lacings.

1966 M. D. Herter Norton tr. R. M. Rilke Poetry (new ed.) 169 The full ornamental lacings of the slim aristocratic uniform.

2014 A. Smith Mists & Monsoons 113 Sean saw a man resplendent in his scarlet uniform and gold lacings.

c. Nautical. A rope or cord threaded through eyelets or loops to attach a sail to a stay, mast, or gaff, or to attach a bonnet to a sail.

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1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 151 Lacing for the Mizon, ½ the Brails, and 3 times as long as the Mizon Yard.

1796 D. Steel Art of Rigging ii. 48 Bend the head of the sail to the topmast studding-sail yard with ropebands or lacing.

1829 United Services Jrnl. ii. 406 The lower parts of the luffs of such sails are not confined to the mast by hoops or lacing.

1860 G. S. Nares Naval Cadet's Guide 81 Coil the lacing down (which is stopped to each eyelet-hole) right handed if the jib-stay is right handed.

1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxvi. 279 John reeved the lacing through the eyelet holes along the edge of the sail.

2013 T. Cunliffe Pilot Cutters under Sail 215/1 If a mainsail was built for lacing with a neat row of brass eyelet holes across it, rather than reef points, it is a simple matter to add permanent reef points.

d. A border of contrasting colour on a petal (esp. of a pink) or a feather; the presence, nature, or extent of such a border. Cf. laced adj.¹ 6.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by colouring or marking > action of acquiring marking

lacing1792

1792 J. Maddock Florist's Directory 16 It [sc. the pink Major's Lady Stoverdale]..was the first Pink possessed of that singular and beautiful ornament called a Lacing, which is a continuation of the colour of the eye, round the white or broad part of the petal.

1850 Beck's Florist 144 Pinks whose delicate lacings are spangled with the early dew.

1854 G. Ferguson Illustr. Series Rare & Prize Poultry 333 A smaller parallel white mark, about the fifth of an inch from the outer lacing, rendering each plume doubly laced.

1882 Garden 25 Mar. 202/1 [The] colour and lacing [of a Gold-laced Polyanthus].

1905 E. T. Cook Carnations, Picotees & Wild & Garden Pinks 104 Efforts were made to develop this characteristic of lacing, until it became a conspicuous feature of the Pink.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 990 This bird is of a bluish colour diluted with black, and has white lacings on the feathers.

1996 Pract. Gardening June 102 (advt.) Striking deep mulberry lacing on a pale pink ground.

2012 Your Chickens Apr. 48/2 When applied to a laced breed, as the Poland, it [sc. spangling] means broader lacing at the tip of each feather.

3. In various technical uses.

a. Shipbuilding. One of the pieces of the cutwater, to which the figurehead and rails of the head are secured. Cf. lace piece n. Now historical and rare.

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1781 M. Stalkartt Naval Archit. v. ix. 161 Take the height from the upper-side of the upper-cheek in the sheer-draught, to the ticked-curve (supposed to be the upper-side of the lacing and standard).

1821 J. Fincham Introd. Outl. Pract. Ship-Building 286 Upon the upper part of the knee a timber is brought, called the lacing.

1881 Naval Encycl. 341/2 The heel is..secured to the upper part of the stern by a knee which is called the lacing.

1966 C. Pengelly First Bellerophon i. 16 The parts comprising the beakhead were as follows: (i) the gammoning knee and extension piece, (ii) the gammon piece, (iii) the chock piece, (iv) the lacing.

b. Engineering. A system of crosspieces linking parallel members in a truss, bridge, wall, or other structure. Cf. earlier lace n. 3.

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1832 C. S. Drewry Mem. Suspension Bridges 139 To stiffen the bridge, the vertical suspending rods..were to be tied together by a lacing, or sort of net-work, of wrought-iron rods.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lacing, 1. timbers placed across the tops of bars or caps to secure the roof between the gears. 2. Strips or light bars of wrought iron bent over at the ends and wedged in tight between the bars and the roof.

1885 J. A. L. Waddell Syst. Railroad Bridges Japan 246 Lacing, a system of bars, not intersecting each other at the middle, used to connect the two channels of a strut in order to make them act as one member.

1912 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 24 Aug. 367/3 Many of the smaller logs are..cut up into blocking and used as lacing.

1986 New Yorker 17 Mar. 57/1 Pretty soon the tower freezes, and then it's exciting, because the way we get down is to slide along the lacing—the diagonal pieces.

2015 Y. Li et al. in A. S. H. Makhlouf & M. Aliofkhazraei Handbk. Materials Failure Anal. x. 244 Three walking draglines had experienced some boom or tri-structure lacing cracking not long after going into service.

†c. Mathematics. An arrangement of three curves or ovals in space which intersect one another when projected onto the plane. Obsolete. rare.

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1889 Cent. Dict. at Knot A lacing consists of three [curves or ovals in space] which are similarly joined together.

4. A (small) quantity of an alcoholic spirit mixed with another drink, esp. coffee. Later also: an ingredient added to a dish for flavour; (also) a poison or contaminant added to food or drink. Cf. lace n. 7, lace v. 10.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirit added to drink

lace1689

lacing1789

1789 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 578 A hearty breakfast, with good proportion of lacing to her tea.

1857 M. Wickham Sea-spray 162 A glass of beer with a sly lacing of gin from the pocket bottle.

1862 Athenæum 27 Sept. 396 So long as it [sc. water] be..united with a proper ‘lacing’ of wine or brandy.

1937 Life 12 Apr. 20/1 (advt.) This Heinz creation is subtly contrived with all the traditional garnishments—chopped eggs, aromatic herbs, a ‘lacing’ of fine old sherry.

1988 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 24 Feb. A fair lacing of chilli merely intensified the pleasure.

1997 M. McCrum No Worries vii. 103 Add a liberal lacing of strychnine.

2011 J. Dailey Forgive me Father i. 10 To his surprise the coffee had a strong lacing of fine brandy.

5. Bookbinding. The action or process of attaching the boards of a book by threading the bands (band n.¹ 2b) of the volume through holes made in the boards; also lacing in. Also: the bands themselves, when threaded in this manner; also in plural in same sense. Cf. lace v. 4d.

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes

headbanding1707

lacing1818

steamboating1826

casework1835

stringing1914

tipping1931

backing-

1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 45 When the lacing is complete, put a piece of paper on the russia bands.

1889 W. Matthews Mod. Bookbinding Practically Considered 27 The operations are the attaching of the end-papers, the glueing, rounding, and backing of the volume, the squaring and lacing in of the boards, and the cutting of the edges.

1902 P. N. Hasluck Bookbinding viii. 78 Do not leave the lacing inside the board, as when glued up it presents a very bad appearance.

1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding II. v. 74 In overrefined binding, whether with or without raised bands, the lacings may be difficult to detect.

2014 V. Gillespie & S. Powell Compan. Early Printed Bk. 76 The turn-ins of the tawed cover on the lower board and the pattern of the lacing in of the whittawed sewing supports.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as lacing hole, lacing silk, lacing string, etc.Recorded earliest in shirt lacing point (cf. point n.¹ 23a).

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c1431 in D. M. Owen Making of King's Lynn (1984) 364 10 duedenarum de shertlacyngpoynts.

1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 De v doss. lasyng poyntes v d.

1537 Acta Dominorum Concilii et Sessionis f. 157, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Lasing Tua boltis of lasing worsett price of the bolt xxx d..v boltis lasing silk.

1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 127 iij ounce of lasing silke.

1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. 175 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) X gros of laising worset.

1695 J. Lightbody Mariners Jewel 32 (table) Sea-Store... Lasing Line... 6 Coile.

1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour Descr. Plates p. xv The lacing string of coarse white tape.

1822 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 4 The several ropes called the strand are confined in a pipe or case, and being there perforated by a needle, the lacing cords are passed through and drawn tight.

1879 C. F. Gripper Railway Tunnelling Heavy Ground iii. 15 Lacing boards spiked securely from head-tree to head-tree.

1898 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 30 Oct. i. 10/3 (advt.) Each ball in sealed box, with brass inflater and lacing needle.

1936 Motorboating Nov. 45/2 The foresail will not require lacing holes along the foot as it is loose-footed.

1978 Backpacker Dec. 57/1 The lacing system is D-rings on the foot, hooks at the ankle.

2000 A. Kirsh Seeing Through Paintings 43 When the edges of such canvases have survived they reveal the holes for the lacing string.

C2. attributive. Designating clothing, footwear, etc., fastened or tightened by laces. Now rare.Some later uses may be interpreted as adjectival; cf. lacing adj. 2.

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1475 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 215 Willelmo, filio meo, j lasyng dublett.

1535–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 278 Ane doublet with thik lesing slevis.

1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3^v I give and bequeath my best lacing boots to Mr Speaker.

1794 Kentish Reg. Oct. 387/1 The lacing waistcoat, that kept the belly in shape like an eight buckle roller, has been deposed by the rolling-collar and fold-over.

1851 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Mar. 58/2 Whale-bone or lacing-stays..weaken the muscles by disuse.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 76 Chris put on the best frock that she used for Sundays, and her tall lacing boots.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 Black leather lacing shoes by Clarks.

C3.

lacing course n. Building a course (course n. 23b) built into an arch or wall in order to bond different parts together and give added strength.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > types of

grass tablea1472

coping1601

tableting1610

plinth1640

plinth course1693

stretching-course1700

bench1730

binding1730

earth table1822

lacing course1833

vertical bond1833

rowlock1864

cope1880

soldier course1948

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage, Farm, & Villa Archit. & Furnit. iii. iii. 843 Coins, window-dressings, parapets, bonding, and lacing courses.

1947 R. Greenhalgh Mod. Building Constr. I. 229/1 In arches of very wide span, the different rings are sometimes bonded to each other by inserting courses of stretchers in the depth of the arch at intervals. These courses are termed lacing courses.

2008 Britannia 39 321 A Roman wall/foundation of mortared flint nodules and a brick-and-tile lacing course.

lacing cutter n. now rare any of various devices for cutting leather to make laces, typically consisting of a blade with a guide or gauge which keeps the line of the cut straight.Also with modifying word indicating the type of laces the device cuts.

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1866 Boston Post 17 Feb. Improved shoe lacing cutter.

1867 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 16 Sept. Lacing cutter, clearer and roller cloths.

1918 Power 24 Sept. 466/2 The little lacing cutter shown herewith can be made in a few minutes... Any make of a safety-razor blade..can be used.

1993 Sunday Mail (Adelaide) (Nexis) 18 July Leather lacing cutter (early model).

lacing hook n. any of a number of hooks on opposite sides of a garment or item of footwear, through which a lace is drawn to fasten or tighten it.The precise meaning in quot. 1814 is unclear.

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1814 G. H. Noehden Rabenhorst's Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 356/1 Lacing hook (formerly used in lacing stays).

1872 Chron. & Descr. Index Patents 193 Improvements in machines for setting and securing lacing-hooks in leather, cloth, or other ‘materials’.

1935 Boys' Life Sept. 27/3 (advt.) With corrogated soles... Made with eyelets and lacing hooks.

2014 M. E. Snodgrass World Clothing & Fashion (2015) 359 The replacement of eyelet holes in boots with lacing hooks or studs in 1865 enabled the wearer to crisscross laces rapidly.

† lacing liver n. Medicine Obsolete a liver with an abnormal shape attributed to the pressure of a tight-laced corset; = tight-lacing liver n. at tight-lacing n. Additions.

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1895 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 491 The ‘lacing’ liver is met with in two chief types. In one, the anterior portion, chiefly of the right lobe, is greatly prolonged.

1898 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Nov. 1548/2 The kidney was kept in this position by the very pronounced lacing liver.

1905 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. 8 562/2 There is no doubt but that this is a true case of congenital elongation of the left lobe of the liver and not in any way belonging the category of the so-called lacing liver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lacing
释义	lacingn. Brit. /ˈleɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈleɪsɪŋ/ Forms: see lace v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lace v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < lace v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier lace n. 1. a. The action of lace v. (in various senses); the process or practice of fastening or securing with a lace or laces; the fact of being laced. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > fastening > compressing waist by lacingc1405 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding with a cord, string, or tying lacingc1405 tying1480 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > trimming > in other ways lacingc1405 tufting1554 befrogging1843 French braiding1915 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1646 Gyggynge of sheeldes, with layners lasynge. 1532 R. Whittington tr. Erasmus De Ciuilitate Morun Puerilium sig. B.3 Lyght & wanton gardyng of the breche & lasyng of the bely, was neuer praysed in man nor woman. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 8 To breake your fast standing and whilest your Armour is in lacing. 1615 Merrie Dial. Band, Ruffe & Cuffe sig. A4 Ruffe. I will lace thee roundly...Cuffe. If they talke of lacing, I were best looke about my selfe. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xviii. 83 They [sc. bandages] require your consideration and care how they be laced: for by the unequall hard lacing of them you may raise a Tumour. 1737 W. Oldys Brit. Librarian June 368 The Author inveighs most bitterly against our pernicious Custom of swathing and lacing of Infants. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 381 To be fixed by pinning or lacing, on the side opposite to the wound. 1819 C. Stothard Let. in A. E. Bray Mem. C. Stothard 335 The lacing of the helmet to the cervelliere, appears to have been first disused in all those monuments of the time of Henry IV. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV (Pierpont Morgan) lxxxvi, in Wks. (1837) 649 (note) To help the ladies in their dress and lacing. 1871 Figure Training 75 The lace..at the first lacing was moderately tight. 1917 Country Gentleman 3 Nov. 36/1 It will be found necessary..to splice once during the lacing of a seven or eight inch drive belt. 2010 J. Stanton Running iii. 76 Many of today's shoes have an optional lace hole at the top which gives you an option of even tighter lacing. b. colloquial. A beating, a thrashing; (now chiefly Sport) a resounding defeat.In quot. 1622: a lash. Cf. lace v. 7a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating swingingc1200 beating?c1225 chastising1303 correctionc1386 lashingc1400 scouring1426 Moses' law1482 jerking1552 whipping1566 yarking1573 feaking1600 correct1606 tawing1620 lacing1622 castigation1640 basking1642 verberation1661 strappado1668 the lash1694 flogging1758 whopping1812 quilting1822 blistering1842 whaling1852 nailing1895 1622 T. Walkley tr. J. de Luna Pursuit Hist. Lazarillo ix. 80 Hee would giue mee a hundred lacings with his knotty girdle. 1765 I. Bickerstaff Maid of Mill ii. x. 42 If I have not a mind to give you with this switch in my hand here, as good a lacing—. 1827 G. Griffin Holland-tide 254 'Tis in vain for people to inform—to be sure, two or three tried it, but got nothing by it, barring a good laceing at the next fair-day. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. ii. 41 The sound lacing which the young rascal should inevitably receive. 1911 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 11 Jan. 10/1 Bat received the lacing of his life. 1970 R. Peterson Only Ball was White viii. 105 When he was pitted against Hoboken..he suffered a 13-0 lacing. 2011 Courier-Mail (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 105 The Storm are in for a lacing by the Titans. 2. a. That which laces up something (esp. an item of clothing or footwear); a fastening, a tie; a shoelace. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string lacea1382 pointc1390 sinka1425 lacingc1440 pointing ribbon1543 pointing silk1571 string1674 lacer1813 c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) l. 744 He ne couthe neuer fynd righte The lacynge of his wede. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 (MED) Neþer is no man worþi to opun þe lasing of his scho. 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 31 For i½ unce ribanis to be pointis and lasingis viij s. iij d. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Abrochadura Lacing of a coate, strictura. 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. i. 3 One part only was to be seen through the lacing of her buskins. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 94/2 The Stomacher is that peece as lieth under the lacing or binding on of the Body of the Gown. 1749 Ladies Advocate 28 He..cut the lacings of her Body-Coat,..but in such a Hurry, that he razed her Skin, and fetched Blood. 1754 Full & Authentic Acct. Affair M. Squires & E. Canning 196 She went to a Dresser and took out a Knife and ripped the Lacing of her Stays. 1880 R. Grant Confessions Frivolous Girl 120 Canvas shoes with colored lacings. 1915 Corset & Underwear Rev. Oct. 40/1 The lacing at the back serves to adjust the abdominal supporter firmly. 1946 Boys' Life Oct. 31/1 Most passers grip the lacing of the ball with the fingers. 2001 Techn. Guide (YHA Adventure Shops) Summer 39/1 Synthetic suede lining and one-pull lacing for a snug fit. b. Ornamental braiding, (now) esp. for military uniforms; a piece of this; = lace n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ribbon or braid lace1548 cordon1578 lacing1593 galloon1604 galloon-lace1611 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific parchment lace1542 lace1548 lacing1593 Naples lace1612 mignonette1721 struntain1793 French braid1809 lacet1822 Russia braid1825 Russian braid1839 soutache1856 mignardise1868 galloon1877 rickrack1880 Greek braid1894 vermicelli braid1904 tracing-braid1906 Paris binding1918 oak-leaf braid1934 1593 in L. Toulmin Smith Gleanings Old Acct. Bk. (1878) 24 Paid..for fowertene yeardes of lacing,..[etc.] 2s. 10d. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passement,..a lace, or lacing. 1694 tr. O. G. de Busbecq Four Epist. conc. Embassy into Turkey i. 95 Those who were of one Order had cloathing all of one sort; there were no foolish Hems, Lacings, Fringes or Borders. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 93 He..began to cut and rip and rend away the lacings of his suit, without sparing cloth or seam. 1865 Papers relating to Foreign Affairs: Pt. 1 (1866) 515 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (39th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 1/2) The officers wear a gray uniform with gold lacings. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 The half-state uniforms are made of royal blue cloth, with gold lacings. 1966 M. D. Herter Norton tr. R. M. Rilke Poetry (new ed.) 169 The full ornamental lacings of the slim aristocratic uniform. 2014 A. Smith Mists & Monsoons 113 Sean saw a man resplendent in his scarlet uniform and gold lacings. c. Nautical. A rope or cord threaded through eyelets or loops to attach a sail to a stay, mast, or gaff, or to attach a bonnet to a sail. ΚΠ 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 151 Lacing for the Mizon, ½ the Brails, and 3 times as long as the Mizon Yard. 1796 D. Steel Art of Rigging ii. 48 Bend the head of the sail to the topmast studding-sail yard with ropebands or lacing. 1829 United Services Jrnl. ii. 406 The lower parts of the luffs of such sails are not confined to the mast by hoops or lacing. 1860 G. S. Nares Naval Cadet's Guide 81 Coil the lacing down (which is stopped to each eyelet-hole) right handed if the jib-stay is right handed. 1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxvi. 279 John reeved the lacing through the eyelet holes along the edge of the sail. 2013 T. Cunliffe Pilot Cutters under Sail 215/1 If a mainsail was built for lacing with a neat row of brass eyelet holes across it, rather than reef points, it is a simple matter to add permanent reef points. d. A border of contrasting colour on a petal (esp. of a pink) or a feather; the presence, nature, or extent of such a border. Cf. laced adj.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by colouring or marking > action of acquiring marking lacing1792 1792 J. Maddock Florist's Directory 16 It [sc. the pink Major's Lady Stoverdale]..was the first Pink possessed of that singular and beautiful ornament called a Lacing, which is a continuation of the colour of the eye, round the white or broad part of the petal. 1850 Beck's Florist 144 Pinks whose delicate lacings are spangled with the early dew. 1854 G. Ferguson Illustr. Series Rare & Prize Poultry 333 A smaller parallel white mark, about the fifth of an inch from the outer lacing, rendering each plume doubly laced. 1882 Garden 25 Mar. 202/1 [The] colour and lacing [of a Gold-laced Polyanthus]. 1905 E. T. Cook Carnations, Picotees & Wild & Garden Pinks 104 Efforts were made to develop this characteristic of lacing, until it became a conspicuous feature of the Pink. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 990 This bird is of a bluish colour diluted with black, and has white lacings on the feathers. 1996 Pract. Gardening June 102 (advt.) Striking deep mulberry lacing on a pale pink ground. 2012 Your Chickens Apr. 48/2 When applied to a laced breed, as the Poland, it [sc. spangling] means broader lacing at the tip of each feather. 3. In various technical uses. a. Shipbuilding. One of the pieces of the cutwater, to which the figurehead and rails of the head are secured. Cf. lace piece n. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1781 M. Stalkartt Naval Archit. v. ix. 161 Take the height from the upper-side of the upper-cheek in the sheer-draught, to the ticked-curve (supposed to be the upper-side of the lacing and standard). 1821 J. Fincham Introd. Outl. Pract. Ship-Building 286 Upon the upper part of the knee a timber is brought, called the lacing. 1881 Naval Encycl. 341/2 The heel is..secured to the upper part of the stern by a knee which is called the lacing. 1966 C. Pengelly First Bellerophon i. 16 The parts comprising the beakhead were as follows: (i) the gammoning knee and extension piece, (ii) the gammon piece, (iii) the chock piece, (iv) the lacing. b. Engineering. A system of crosspieces linking parallel members in a truss, bridge, wall, or other structure. Cf. earlier lace n. 3. ΚΠ 1832 C. S. Drewry Mem. Suspension Bridges 139 To stiffen the bridge, the vertical suspending rods..were to be tied together by a lacing, or sort of net-work, of wrought-iron rods. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lacing, 1. timbers placed across the tops of bars or caps to secure the roof between the gears. 2. Strips or light bars of wrought iron bent over at the ends and wedged in tight between the bars and the roof. 1885 J. A. L. Waddell Syst. Railroad Bridges Japan 246 Lacing, a system of bars, not intersecting each other at the middle, used to connect the two channels of a strut in order to make them act as one member. 1912 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 24 Aug. 367/3 Many of the smaller logs are..cut up into blocking and used as lacing. 1986 New Yorker 17 Mar. 57/1 Pretty soon the tower freezes, and then it's exciting, because the way we get down is to slide along the lacing—the diagonal pieces. 2015 Y. Li et al. in A. S. H. Makhlouf & M. Aliofkhazraei Handbk. Materials Failure Anal. x. 244 Three walking draglines had experienced some boom or tri-structure lacing cracking not long after going into service. †c. Mathematics. An arrangement of three curves or ovals in space which intersect one another when projected onto the plane. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. at Knot A lacing consists of three [curves or ovals in space] which are similarly joined together. 4. A (small) quantity of an alcoholic spirit mixed with another drink, esp. coffee. Later also: an ingredient added to a dish for flavour; (also) a poison or contaminant added to food or drink. Cf. lace n. 7, lace v. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirit added to drink lace1689 lacing1789 1789 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 578 A hearty breakfast, with good proportion of lacing to her tea. 1857 M. Wickham Sea-spray 162 A glass of beer with a sly lacing of gin from the pocket bottle. 1862 Athenæum 27 Sept. 396 So long as it [sc. water] be..united with a proper ‘lacing’ of wine or brandy. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 20/1 (advt.) This Heinz creation is subtly contrived with all the traditional garnishments—chopped eggs, aromatic herbs, a ‘lacing’ of fine old sherry. 1988 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 24 Feb. A fair lacing of chilli merely intensified the pleasure. 1997 M. McCrum No Worries vii. 103 Add a liberal lacing of strychnine. 2011 J. Dailey Forgive me Father i. 10 To his surprise the coffee had a strong lacing of fine brandy. 5. Bookbinding. The action or process of attaching the boards of a book by threading the bands (band n.¹ 2b) of the volume through holes made in the boards; also lacing in. Also: the bands themselves, when threaded in this manner; also in plural in same sense. Cf. lace v. 4d. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes headbanding1707 lacing1818 steamboating1826 casework1835 stringing1914 tipping1931 backing- 1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 45 When the lacing is complete, put a piece of paper on the russia bands. 1889 W. Matthews Mod. Bookbinding Practically Considered 27 The operations are the attaching of the end-papers, the glueing, rounding, and backing of the volume, the squaring and lacing in of the boards, and the cutting of the edges. 1902 P. N. Hasluck Bookbinding viii. 78 Do not leave the lacing inside the board, as when glued up it presents a very bad appearance. 1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding II. v. 74 In overrefined binding, whether with or without raised bands, the lacings may be difficult to detect. 2014 V. Gillespie & S. Powell Compan. Early Printed Bk. 76 The turn-ins of the tawed cover on the lower board and the pattern of the lacing in of the whittawed sewing supports. Compounds C1. General attributive, as lacing hole, lacing silk, lacing string, etc.Recorded earliest in shirt lacing point (cf. point n.¹ 23a). ΚΠ c1431 in D. M. Owen Making of King's Lynn (1984) 364 10 duedenarum de shertlacyngpoynts. 1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 De v doss. lasyng poyntes v d. 1537 Acta Dominorum Concilii et Sessionis f. 157, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Lasing Tua boltis of lasing worsett price of the bolt xxx d..v boltis lasing silk. 1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 127 iij ounce of lasing silke. 1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. 175 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) X gros of laising worset. 1695 J. Lightbody Mariners Jewel 32 (table) Sea-Store... Lasing Line... 6 Coile. 1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour Descr. Plates p. xv The lacing string of coarse white tape. 1822 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 4 The several ropes called the strand are confined in a pipe or case, and being there perforated by a needle, the lacing cords are passed through and drawn tight. 1879 C. F. Gripper Railway Tunnelling Heavy Ground iii. 15 Lacing boards spiked securely from head-tree to head-tree. 1898 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 30 Oct. i. 10/3 (advt.) Each ball in sealed box, with brass inflater and lacing needle. 1936 Motorboating Nov. 45/2 The foresail will not require lacing holes along the foot as it is loose-footed. 1978 Backpacker Dec. 57/1 The lacing system is D-rings on the foot, hooks at the ankle. 2000 A. Kirsh Seeing Through Paintings 43 When the edges of such canvases have survived they reveal the holes for the lacing string. C2. attributive. Designating clothing, footwear, etc., fastened or tightened by laces. Now rare.Some later uses may be interpreted as adjectival; cf. lacing adj. 2. ΚΠ 1475 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 215 Willelmo, filio meo, j lasyng dublett. 1535–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 278 Ane doublet with thik lesing slevis. 1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3^v I give and bequeath my best lacing boots to Mr Speaker. 1794 Kentish Reg. Oct. 387/1 The lacing waistcoat, that kept the belly in shape like an eight buckle roller, has been deposed by the rolling-collar and fold-over. 1851 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Mar. 58/2 Whale-bone or lacing-stays..weaken the muscles by disuse. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 76 Chris put on the best frock that she used for Sundays, and her tall lacing boots. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 Black leather lacing shoes by Clarks. C3. lacing course n. Building a course (course n. 23b) built into an arch or wall in order to bond different parts together and give added strength. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > types of grass tablea1472 coping1601 tableting1610 plinth1640 plinth course1693 stretching-course1700 bench1730 binding1730 earth table1822 lacing course1833 vertical bond1833 rowlock1864 cope1880 soldier course1948 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage, Farm, & Villa Archit. & Furnit. iii. iii. 843 Coins, window-dressings, parapets, bonding, and lacing courses. 1947 R. Greenhalgh Mod. Building Constr. I. 229/1 In arches of very wide span, the different rings are sometimes bonded to each other by inserting courses of stretchers in the depth of the arch at intervals. These courses are termed lacing courses. 2008 Britannia 39 321 A Roman wall/foundation of mortared flint nodules and a brick-and-tile lacing course. lacing cutter n. now rare any of various devices for cutting leather to make laces, typically consisting of a blade with a guide or gauge which keeps the line of the cut straight.Also with modifying word indicating the type of laces the device cuts. ΚΠ 1866 Boston Post 17 Feb. Improved shoe lacing cutter. 1867 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 16 Sept. Lacing cutter, clearer and roller cloths. 1918 Power 24 Sept. 466/2 The little lacing cutter shown herewith can be made in a few minutes... Any make of a safety-razor blade..can be used. 1993 Sunday Mail (Adelaide) (Nexis) 18 July Leather lacing cutter (early model). lacing hook n. any of a number of hooks on opposite sides of a garment or item of footwear, through which a lace is drawn to fasten or tighten it.The precise meaning in quot. 1814 is unclear. ΚΠ 1814 G. H. Noehden Rabenhorst's Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 356/1 Lacing hook (formerly used in lacing stays). 1872 Chron. & Descr. Index Patents 193 Improvements in machines for setting and securing lacing-hooks in leather, cloth, or other ‘materials’. 1935 Boys' Life Sept. 27/3 (advt.) With corrogated soles... Made with eyelets and lacing hooks. 2014 M. E. Snodgrass World Clothing & Fashion (2015) 359 The replacement of eyelet holes in boots with lacing hooks or studs in 1865 enabled the wearer to crisscross laces rapidly. † lacing liver n. Medicine Obsolete a liver with an abnormal shape attributed to the pressure of a tight-laced corset; = tight-lacing liver n. at tight-lacing n. Additions. ΚΠ 1895 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 491 The ‘lacing’ liver is met with in two chief types. In one, the anterior portion, chiefly of the right lobe, is greatly prolonged. 1898 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Nov. 1548/2 The kidney was kept in this position by the very pronounced lacing liver. 1905 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. 8 562/2 There is no doubt but that this is a true case of congenital elongation of the left lobe of the liver and not in any way belonging the category of the so-called lacing liver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lacingadj. Brit. /ˈleɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈleɪsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lace v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < lace v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier interlacing adj. Chiefly poetic and literary. 1. That cross over each other in an intricate pattern; interlacing, interweaving. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] Gordian1606 interweaving1665 implicating1693 intertwisting1753 interlacing1770 pleaching1805 lacinga1834 intertwining1842 a1834 E. M. Chandler Poet. Wks. (1836) 131 The sunlight look'd through lacing boughs. 1870 A. Teetgen Fruit from Devon 202 Thy flowery fields! thy lacing streams! 1911 L. M. Montgomery Story Girl xv. 139 Overhead the lacing leaves made a green, murmurous roof. 1934 R. Suckow Folks i. 9 She..saw the dewy richness, the lacing shadows of the trees. 1993 J. Parini & B. C. Millier Columbia Hist. Amer. Poetry 414 The tapestries..become an artistic embodiment of the weaving, lacing waters of the river. 2. With modifying word. That laces at the specified place or in the specified manner. Cf. lacing n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1852 J. D. Devlin Critica Crispiana 80 The boots thus illustrated, were not of the side-lacing sort. 1882 Myra's Threepenny Jrnl. Dec. 309/1 The back-lacing corset sets close to the figure all the way down. 1915 Boot & Shoe Recorder 13 Mar. 67/1 There is also something of a call for the side lacing boot. 1983 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 83 (front matter) (advt.) A sporty fast-lacing oxford [sc. shoe]. 2003 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 18 July d10 Her corsets are all front-lacing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405adj.a1834
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