- The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace
or laces. - A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for
uniting the ends of belts. - A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of
a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc. - A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the
middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.