Associations to the word «Lacing»

Wiktionary

LACING, verb. Present participle of lace
LACING, noun. That with which something is laced.
LACING, noun. The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
LACING, noun. A beating as punishment; a hiding.

Dictionary definition

LACING, noun. A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
LACING, noun. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
LACING, noun. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats