Lace

Definitions

1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
   uncountable
2. A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
   countable
3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
   countable, uncountable
4. Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
   countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةالرباطخلةدَانْتِيلدمجربطشدلوث+ 4 more

Българскивръзвам

Bosanskičipkalasuzicaузицачипка+ 2 more

Catalàpuntaranda

Češtinakrajkakrajkovýotrávitzavázat+ 1 more

Cymraeglas

Ελληνικάδαντέλα

Esperantolacipunto

Eestipits

Suomikengänpaulanauhapitsipitsinen+ 1 more

Gàidhligiallsròl

עבריתתחרים

हिन्दीफ़ीतालैस

Hrvatskičipkalasuzicaузицачипка+ 2 more

Magyarcsipke

Հայերենժանյակ

Bahasa Indonesiarenda

Italianoabbinareallacciarealterareappestareavvelenarecombinarecontaminaredegradarelegaremanometteremerlettopizzo+ 9 more

日本語レース

한국어레이스

Kurdîlaş

Latinaparagauda

Македонскичипка

မြန်မာဇာ

Nederlandskant

Polskikoronkakoronkowysznurowaćsznurowadłosznurówka+ 2 more

Portuguêsenlaçarenvenenarlaçarlacerenda+ 2 more

Românădantelă

Русскийзаправитькружевонапои́тьнаполнитьподмеша́тьпрокры́тьпронизатьпропитатьсвязатьсмешать+ 7 more

Slovenčinačipka

Slovenščinačipka

Shqipgjalmlidhës

Српскиčipkalasuzicaузицачипка+ 2 more

Svenskasnöraspetsspetsa

ไทยลูกไม้เชือกผูกรองเท้า

Tagaloggayas

Türkçebağdantelrabıt

Українськагалунмереживошнурок

Tiếng Việtđăng ten

Examples

“c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces.”

“She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like⟳ a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss⟳ Moucher.”

“Mind⟳ you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep⟳ the ground and have⟳ to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.”

“your laces are untied, do them up!”

“The king had ſnared been in loues ſtrong lace, [...]”

“He is forced every Morning to drink⟳ his Dish of Coffee by itself, without the Addition of the Spectator, that used to be better than Lace to it.”

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