enlacement

Variant of enlace

transitive verb enlaced, enlacing

  1. to wind about as with a lace or laces; encircle; enfold
  2. to entangle; interlace
  3. to cover as with lace or netting

Origin: ME enlacen < OFr enlacer < en-, in + lacer, to tie, tangle < L laqueare < laqueus, a noose: see lace

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