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lacing [′lās·iŋ]

(civil engineering)

A lightweight metallic piece that is fixed diagonally to two channels or four angle sections, forming a composite strut.

A course of brick, stone, or tiles in a wall of rubble to give strength.

A course of upright bricks forming a bond between two or more arch rings.

Distribution steel in a slab of reinforced concrete.

A light timber fastened to pairs of struts or walings in the timbering of excavations (including mines).

(electricity)

Tying insulated wires together to support each other and form a single neat cable, with separately laced branches.

lacing

1. A system of members (e.g., bars or batten plates) used to connect two component elements of a composite girder, strut, or column to make them act as one member.

2. Same as lacing course.

3. Timbers placed behind or around other supports as bracing.

4. Small boards which close up the spaces between lagging planks or sheeting to prevent dirt from entering an excavation.

5. The interlocking of sections of sheet pile to form a wall.

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When he looked over his shoulder she was lacing her boots.

Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context

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.

Emma by Austen, Jane View in context

When my father once stood on the lecturer's rostrum, and delivered his excellent discourse, called "Medical Hints to Maids and Mothers on Tight Lacing and Teething," the benches were left empty by the ungrateful women of England, who were not in the slightest degree anxious to feast their eyes on the sight of a learned adviser and respectable man.

A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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