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In structural work, particularly bridge work, the system of slender, diagonal members which connect the two opposite parallel members or flanges of a structural iron or steel beam, column, or strut. In lacing the several members form a single, continuous zigzag line, but do not cross one another as in latticing.
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The act of binding or fastening with a cord or thong passed backward and forward through holes or around buttons or hooks.
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A method of fastening the adjoining ends of a belt by the use of a thong or lace.
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In bookbinding, the fastening of the boards of a book to its back by cords which pass around the sewed threads of the signatures and through holes pierced in the boards.
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A cord used in drawing tight or fastening; laces in general.
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Nautical, the cord or rope used to lace a sail to a gaff, yard, or boom, or to fasten two parts of a sail or an awning together.
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In ship-building, a piece of compass- or knee-timber fitted and bolted to the back of the figurehead and to its supporting piece, called the knee of the head. Also called lace-piece.
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In mining, same as lagging, 3.
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In the plumage of birds, especially in descriptions of standard or pure-bred poultry:
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A border or edging of a different color from the center, completely surrounding the web of a feather
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The coloration of plumage resulting from feathers marked as above, considered collectively.
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In mathematics, a complex of three or more closed bands, so that no two are interlinked, yet so that they cannot be separated without breaking.