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enlacement

enlacement noun: the act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.

Noun

enlacement (countable and uncountable, plural enlacements)

  1. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.
    • Her throat was contracted, her breasts strove against the enlacement of her stays, she was about to weep.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 181

Forms of enlacement

pluralenlacements

Origin of enlacement

From enlace + -ment, or from French?

Questions about enlacement

What does enlacement mean?
Enlacement means the act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.
What part of speech is enlacement?
Enlacement is a noun.
What is the plural of enlacement?
The plural of enlacement is enlacements.

Words near enlacement in the dictionary

  1. enkraals
  2. enkrateia
  3. ENL
  4. enlace
  5. enlaced
  6. enlacement
  7. enlacements
  8. enlaces
  9. enlacing
  10. enladen
  11. enlaid

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