a small amount of alcoholic liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe or corset.
Building Trades, Engineering. any member or members, as a batten plate or steel bars, uniting the angles or flanges of a composite girder, column, or strut.
Also called lacing course .Masonry.
a course of brick in a wall of rubble.
a bond course in a rowlock arch.
Nautical. any light line for fastening a sail, awning, or other cloth.
Origin of lacing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at lace, -ing1
Such a sweeping, plain-style narration is essential for lacing together a collection that unfolds in three countries.
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Erec has him at his mercy, and pulls and drags so that he breaks all the lacing of his helmet, and forces him over at his feet.
Four Arthurian Romances|Chretien DeTroyes
Belting that has got wet will shrink and lacing must be let out before belt is put on again.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
We came to the lacing of the stays, with their exaggerated length.
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed|Edna Ferber
After the lacing was cut the edge of the canvas was secured to the under edges of the gunwales.
The Scientific American Boy|A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
The tying, or lacing of these skeins, had been Pierre's work.
The Story of Silk|Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for lacing
lacing
/ (ˈleɪsɪŋ) /
noun
mainlyBritisha course of bricks, stone, etc, for strengthening a rubble or flint wall
another word for lace (def. 2), lace (def. 3)
informala severe beating (esp in the phrase give someone a lacing)