| lacing | 1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces. 2. <machinery> A lace; specifically, a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts. 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. 4. <engineering> A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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