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.