lace

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To fasten (something) with laces.
• To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
• To interweave items.
• To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
• To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
• To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

Origin

• From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. lasso.
• From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).