belace
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editbelace (third-person singular simple present belaces, present participle belacing, simple past and past participle belaced)
- (transitive) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with lace.
- 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC:
- How to belace and fringe soft Love
- (transitive, obsolete) To beat with a strap.
- 1904, Edward Cumberland, Stubs of Time:
- Striped trews belaced with tiny silver bells covered his fat baker-legs
References
edit“belace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.