What does "lacing" mean?

Lacing: A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.(Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Waddell.

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