lacing

IPA: ɫˈeɪsɪŋ

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.

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.