Lacing
Lacing (lā"sing) , noun
1.
The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
2.
(Machinery) A lace;
(Machinery) a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
3.
(Nautical) 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. — Waddell
5.
A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
6.
A beating, especially with a lash.