Meaning of stay-lace | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“The shawl in which she had been loosely muffled dropped onto her chair when she advanced to us; and as she turned to resume her seat, we could not help⟳ noticing that her dress didn't nearly meet⟳ up the back and that the open⟳ space was railed across with a lattice-work of stay-lace—like⟳ a summer-house.”
“She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find⟳ Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace ?”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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