Antonyms for lacings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ley-sing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ sɪŋ

Definition of lacings

Origin : early 13c., laz, "cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc.," from Old French laz "a net, noose, string, cord, snare" (Modern French lacs), from Vulgar Latin *lacium, from Latin laqueum (nominative laqueus) "noose, snare" (Italian laccio, Spanish lazo), a trapping and hunting term, probably from Italic base *laq- "to ensnare" (cf. Latin lacere "to entice"). Later also "net, noose, snare" (c.1300); "piece of cord used to draw together the edges of slits or openings in an article of clothing" (late 14c.). The "ornamental net pattern" meaning is first recorded 1550s. Sense of "cord for tying" remains in shoelace. As an adjective, lace-curtain "middle class" (or lower-class with middle-class pretensions) usually is used in reference to Irish-Americans, by 1928.

As in licking : noun defeat
As in thrashing : noun defeat
As in vanquishment : noun defeat
As in defeat : noun overthrow, beating

Example sentences :

Then, when it seemed that he must fall, the lacings of his helm burst.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

The tags on lacings and the hooks for holding lacings are also enameled.
Extract from : « Makers of Many Things » by Eva March Tappan

And only two hooks in all these lacings—the rest eyelets, eyelets.
Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French

On that side the lacings should run straight with the length of the belt.
Extract from : « Farm Engines and How to Run Them » by James H. Stephenson

They carried their boots strung about their necks by lacings.
Extract from : « King Spruce, A Novel » by Holman Day

With his knife Smoke cut away the lacings and leather of the moccasins.
Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London

This time she lazily wound the lacings around her ankles until she could be sure the creek was safely behind her.
Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane on the Big John » by Lily Munsell Ritchie

Altogether, in his odd wrappings and lacings, he looked like a little mummy from the tombs of the Egyptian kings.
Extract from : « Sinopah the Indian Boy » by James Willard Schultz

Up the spire, behind the lacings of stone, zig-zagging in and out of the carved tracings, squirms the fire.
Extract from : « Some Imagist Poets » by Richard Aldington

He paused there and bent over, supposedly to adjust the lacings of his German boots.
Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the R.A.F » by R. Sidney Bowen

Synonyms for lacings

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