INTERLACING

interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven

(adjective) linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

interlacing

present participle of interlace

Noun

interlacing (plural interlacings)

The pattern or motion of something that interlaces.

Source: Wiktionary


INTERLACE

In`ter*lace", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Interlaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing.] Etym: [OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.]

Definition: To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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