lace
/leɪs/ noun B2- A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
- A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. · your laces are untied, do them up!
- A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Plural laces
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Valentine in the extremity of her terror joined her hands,—for she felt that the moment had arrived to ask for courage,—and began to pray, and while uttering little more than incoherent words, she forgot that her white shoulders had no other covering than her long hair, and that the pulsations of her heart could be seen through the lace of her nightdress.
“Anne Shirley,” said Marilla solemnly, “I’ve just found my brooch hanging to my black lace shawl.
Sophia Sloane offered to teach her a perfectly elegant new pattern of knit lace, so nice for trimming aprons.
Oh, how pretty it was--a lovely soft brown gloria with all the gloss of silk; a skirt with dainty frills and shirrings; a waist elaborately pintucked in the most fashionable way, with a little ruffle of filmy lace at the neck.
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