overlace

English

Etymology

over- +‎ lace

Verb

overlace (third-person singular simple present overlaces, present participle overlacing, simple past and past participle overlaced)

1. (transitive) To spread over in a crossing pattern.
   • 1907, The Delineator, volume 69, number 4, page 641:

     Yet there they lie, all the highways and paths and trails, running out from before our very feet to overlace the earth, to carry us whither we will, with all their old allurement […]

   • 2012, Chris Ballard, One Shot at Forever:

     Attendants to the bride, as of yet unidentified, were resplendently bedecked in a purple chiffon overlacing a delightful sheath of sheer orange burlap and satin that effectively accentuated the lovely pink tennis shoes.

2. To lace excessively.
   • 1952, Bee-keepers' Record, page 192:

     Do not leave sections to become travel stained. Do not overlace, the judge will think you are hiding something.