lacing

IPA: ɫˈeɪsɪŋ

noun

  • That with which something is laced.
  • The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
  • A beating as punishment; a hiding.
  • (mining) Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
  • (bookbinding) The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
  • (shipbuilding) 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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Examples of "lacing" in Sentences

  • Mr. McNeill recalls lacing up a brand new pair of sneakers for a 100-mile race in 2004.
  • The lacing is a robust 20/24 combination, which allows the wheels to have a high 200 pound weight limit.
  • On Tuesday, VIBE caught up with the Tampa-based production trio-collectively, Rook, Kenny and Colione, who've made their name lacing Ross, Mary J.
  • Each time some company has managed to bring Bullseye back and give him genetic enhancements such as lacing his bones with adamantium and healing his injuries.
  • Beer lovers even value the ability of the foam to cling to the glass as the liquid level drops, a quality known as lacing or, in more impressive German, Schaumhaftvermögen.
  • The New Meadowlands Stadium fans already have booed the 23-year-old, and cameras caught Mr. Coughlin lacing into Mr. Dodge last Sunday after his free kick — following a safety — barely went 50 yards.
  • There is quite a fashion phenomenon going on for the ladies: faded, low cut jeans decorated with leather lacing, brown colored blouse with the same kind of lacing, open midriff and long flowing sleeves that look like wings.
  • Fashionable habits of dress -- tight lacing, which is worse to-day than ever before -- has, to a large extent, destroyed the ability of the New England and other native American women to bear healthy and well-developed children, and to properly nurse them after they are born.

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