lacing

lacing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.(Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Waddell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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