lacing

Something that laces; a lace.

A touch of liquor added to a beverage or food.

A beating or thrashing.

In structural work, particularly bridge work, the system of slender, diagonal members which connect the two opposite parallel members or flanges of a structural iron or steel beam, column, or strut. In lacing the several members form a single, continuous zigzag line, but do not cross one another as in latticing.

The act of binding or fastening with a cord or thong passed backward and forward through holes or around buttons or hooks.

A method of fastening the adjoining ends of a belt by the use of a thong or lace.

In bookbinding, the fastening of the boards of a book to its back by cords which pass around the sewed threads of the signatures and through holes pierced in the boards.

A cord used in drawing tight or fastening; laces in general.

Nautical, the cord or rope used to lace a sail to a gaff, yard, or boom, or to fasten two parts of a sail or an awning together.

In ship-building, a piece of compass- or knee-timber fitted and bolted to the back of the figurehead and to its supporting piece, called the knee of the head. Also called lace-piece.