His hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer.

For striving more, the more in laces strong
Himself he tied. Spenser.

Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. Chaucer.

Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costly laces. Bacon.

Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. -- Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc. -- Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt. -- Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts. -- Lace lizard (Zoöl.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors. -- Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace. -- Lace piece (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship. -- Lace pillow, ***and] Pillow lace. See under Pillow.

When Jenny's stays are newly laced. Prior.

I'll lace your coat for ye. L'Estrange.

The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to and fro across the temble door. Kipling.