interlace
verb (used without object)
to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine.
interlacement
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a word derived from
interlace.
Example Sentences
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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
In fact, the whole plant seems to consist of a scraggly interlacement of slender branches and small flowers, as the leaves, which nestle close to the ground, are not very noticeable.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
In addition to the radially arranged bundles of fibres, networks are formed by the interlacement with them of large numbers of fine medullated fibres running tangentially to the surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In half-shaded woods its long, graceful stems make a trailing interlacement upon the ground and yield up their minty fragrance as we pass.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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 Jules Verne
