lacing-course
sɪŋ noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that laces.
2.
a trimming of lace or braid.
3.
a beating or thrashing.
4.
a small amount of alcoholic liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
5.
a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe or corset.
6.
Building Trades, Engineering. any member or members, as a batten plate or steel bars, uniting the angles or flanges of a composite girder, column, or strut.
7.
Also called lacing course. Masonry.
a.
a course of brick in a wall of rubble.
b.
a bond course in a rowlock arch.
8.
Nautical. any light line for fastening a sail, awning, or other cloth.
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Lacing-course
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
lace
early 13c., from O.Fr. las "a net, noose, string" (Fr. lacs), from V.L. *lacium, from L. laqueum (nom. laqueus) "noose, snare" (It. laccio, Sp. lazo), a trapping and hunting term, probably from Italic base *laq- "to ensnare" (cf. L. lacere "to entice"). The "ornamental net pattern" meaning is first recorded
1555. Sense of "cord for tying" remains in shoelace. To lace coffee, etc., with a dash of liquor (1670s) was originally used of sugar, and comes via the notion of "to ornament or trim." Related: Laced. Laced mutton was "an old word for a whore" [Johnson]. As an adjective, lace-curtain "middle class" (or lower-class with middle-class pretensions) usually is used in reference to Irish-Americans.
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