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He was trying to alter them so that they would shut more firmly, and, as the interlacement of such braces was complicated, be had got himself in a muddle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"At it again," muttered Rorie with a shrug of disgust, as he entered the hall, and heard, through the half-open drawing-room door, an interlacement of pearly runs.

From Vixen, Volume I. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

In another moment the swiftly moving vehicle was dissolved in the glitter of Regent Street and I fell to musing upon the curious interlacement of parts in this picture puzzle of life.

From A Jongleur Strayed Verses on Love and Other Matters Sacred and Profane by Le Gallienne, Richard

The stems of the trees arose from the clear, still water, in which every interlacement of their boughs was reflected with unequaled purity.

From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules

Another source of anxiety was saved to him; viz., constant heedfulness as to the working of the interlacement of his lines—i. e., their running, as it were, under and over one another.

From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, Matthew Digby