lacing
 結帶;飾花邊;鑲邊;飾帶
 Lace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laced p. pr. & vb. n. Lacing ]
 1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
    When Jenny's stays are newly laced.   --Prior.
 2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
 3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
    I'll lace your coat for ye.   --L'Estrange.
 4. To add something to (a food or beverage) so as to impart flavor, pungency, or some special quality; as, to lace a punch with alcohol; to lace the Kool-Aid with LSD. [Old Slang]
 5. To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
    The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to and fro across the temple door.    --Kipling.
 La·cing n.
 1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
 2. A lace; specifically Mach., a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
 3. Naut. 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. Bridge Building A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
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 lacing
      n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
      2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in
         order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
         [syn: lace]
      3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
         blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
          trouncing, whacking]