lacing

lac·ing  (lsng)

n.

1. Something that laces; a lace.

2. A touch of liquor added to a beverage or food.

3. Informal A beating or thrashing.

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lacing [ˈleɪsɪŋ]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Chiefly Brit a course of bricks, stone, etc., for strengthening a rubble or flint wall

2. (Clothing & Fashion) another word for lace [2] [3]

3. Informal a severe beating (esp in the phrase give someone a lacing)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
	2.	lacing - a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) lace bootlace - a long lace for fastening boots cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material shoe lace, shoelace, shoestring, shoe string - a lace used for fastening shoes
	3.	lacing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

Translations

lacing

n (of shoe) → Schnürsenkel pl, → Schuhbänder pl; (of corset) → Schnürung f; uniforms with gold lacing → goldbetresste Uniformen pl; tea with a lacing of rum → Tee m → mit einem Schuss Rum