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Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Lacing

/(lā"sĭng)/ · La·cing · IPA /ˈleɪsɪŋ/
01 n. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
  1. 1.
    The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
  2. 2.
    A lace;(Mach.)
  3. 3.
    A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.(Naut.)
  4. 4.
    A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.(Bridge Building)
  5. 5.
    A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
  6. 6.
    A beating, especially with a lash.