lacing
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that laces.
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a trimming of lace or braid.
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a beating or thrashing.
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a small amount of alcoholic liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
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a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe or corset.
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Building Trades, Engineering. any member or members, as a batten plate or steel bars, uniting the angles or flanges of a composite girder, column, or strut.
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Also called lacing course. Masonry.
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a course of brick in a wall of rubble.
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a bond course in a rowlock arch.
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Nautical. any light line for fastening a sail, awning, or other cloth.
noun
Etymology
Origin of lacing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at lace, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Ilkay Gundogan executed his effort with perfection, lacing a ferocious, dipping strike into David de Gea's top corner, the Manchester United stopper only able to watch it fly in.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
To Brady, it’s such an extreme level of body control that it reminds him more of the Olympians lacing it up in Milan than the football players at the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
It also feels like a moment — to use a sports metaphor, which I’m not an athlete — that you’re lacing up your shoes.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025
He said that in 15 years of lacing up his cleats, he could only recall one minor muscle pull.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025
Kvothe gestured for Chronicler to set down his pen and stretched, lacing his fingers together above his head.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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