Lacing

n.
  1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
  2. A lace;
  3. (Naut.) 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.
  4. (Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
  5. A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
  6. A beating, especially with a lash.