Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To fasten as with a lace or cord.
  • To adorn with lace.
  • To beat; whip.
  • An error (by misprint or confusion with belace) in Bailey and subsequent dictionaries for belage or belay. See belage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
  • transitive verb obsolete To cover or adorn with lace.
  • transitive verb obsolete To beat with a strap. See Lace.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
  • verb transitive To cover or adorn with lace.
  • verb transitive To beat with a strap.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

be- +‎ lace

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