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belace

belace verb: to fasten, as with a lace or cord.

Verb

belace (third-person singular simple present belaces, present participle belacing, simple past and past participle belaced)

  1. (transitive) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
  2. (transitive) To cover or adorn with lace.
    • How to belace and fringe soft Love1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To beat with a strap.
    • Striped trews belaced with tiny silver bells covered his fat baker-legs1904, Edward Cumberland, Stubs of Time

Forms of belace

third-person singular presentbelaces
present participlebelacing
past participlebelaced
pastbelaced

Origin of belace

From be- + lace.

Questions about belace

What does belace mean?
Belace means to fasten, as with a lace or cord.
What part of speech is belace?
Belace is a verb.
What is the past tense of belace?
The past tense of belace is belaced.

Words near belace in the dictionary

  1. belabouring
  2. belabouring the point
  3. belabours
  4. belabours the point
  5. belacan
  6. belace
  7. belaced
  8. belaces
  9. belachan
  10. belacing
  11. beladied

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