Definitions for lacings

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lacings lac·ing

Spelling: [ley-sing]

IPA: /ˈleɪ sɪŋ/

Lacings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in lacings (acgilns).

Definitions for lacings

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that laces.
2. a trimming of lace or braid.
3. a beating or thrashing.
4. a small amount of alcoholic liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
5. a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe or corset.
6. 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.
7. Also called lacing course. Masonry. a course of brick in a wall of rubble. a bond course in a rowlock arch.
8. Nautical. any light line for fastening a sail, awning, or other cloth.
9. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
10. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
11. ornamental cord or braid, especially of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
12. a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace.
2. to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes.
3. to interlace or intertwine.
4. to adorn or trim with lace.
5. to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to (food or drink):
6. to lash, beat, or thrash.
7. to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like.
8. to mark or streak, as with color.

verb (used without object)

1. to be fastened with a lace:
2. to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into):

Origin of lacings

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at lace, -ing¹

Examples for lacings

In Fig. 59 the lacing commences at A, and terminates at the hole (B) at the edge.

"Young whelp—he needs a lacing," McMurtrey muttered to Grief.

lacing in, lacing the slips through holes in the boards to attach them.

The buttoning and the belting, the lacing and the knotting, at an end, he put on the hat.

"I am glad if I frighten you," she answered, while lacing her gloves.

Such a sweeping, plain-style narration is essential for lacing together a collection that unfolds in three countries.

"Put him on," the Chief said, lacing his plump fingers over his stomach.

"I'll be all right," and I went on lacing the snow-shoe thongs about my ankle.

The spinal distortion is one of the ordinary consequences of lacing.

We can readily see, then, the effect of lacing or tight clothing.