lac·ing

(lā′sĭng)

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)

1. (Building) chiefly Brit a course of bricks, stone, etc, for strengthening a rubble or flint wall

2. (Clothing & Fashion) another word for lace², lace³

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

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lac•ing

(ˈleɪ sɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of one that laces.

2. a beating; thrashing.

3. a small amount of liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.

4. a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe.

[1350–1400]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

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This would not do; she immediately stopped, under pretence of having some alteration to make in the lacing of her halfboot, and stooping down in complete occupation of the footpath, begged them to have the goodness to walk on, and she would follow in half a minute.

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