▪ I. interlacing, vbl. n.
(ɪntəˈleɪsɪŋ)
[f. interlace v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb interlace; interlacement, intermingling.
| 1532 More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 747/1 He laboureth with interlacing of his heresies and hys rayling, to make such confusion in the matter. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 146 Your pinches, your purles, your floury iaggings, superfluous enterlacings. 1685 Cotton tr. Montaigne II. 354 To range the carriages and interlacings of the heavenly bodies of differing colours about the axis of necessity, according to Plato. 1809 Malkin Gil Blas vii. xii. ¶12 With a copious interlacing of additions and corrections. 1875 Fortnum Majolica ix. 76 Pieces having a decoration..with interlacings and other ornaments in manganese and blue. 1927 Jrnl. Genetics XVIII. 182 There is interlacing of the chromatids. 1935 R. W. Hutchinson Television Up-to-Date v. 132 Both Baird and E.M.I. have experimented with interlacing. 1936 Proc. IRE XXIV. 573 The difference between the amplitude of the alternate discharges is somewhat critical for perfect interlacing. 1974 J. Robinson Penguin Bk. Sewing xii. 328/2 Interlacing..consists of horizontal stitches interlaced with the herring bone stitch. |
▪ II. interˈlacing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That interlaces; crossing intricately; intertwining, interweaving, intermingling.
| 1738 Glover Leonidas ii. Poems (1810) 31/2 Pomegranates, purple mulberry, and fig, From interlacing branches mix their hues And scents. 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 250/1 Composed of a series of interlacing fibres. 1842–76 Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., Interlacing Arches, semicircular arches as in an arcade, the mouldings of which intersect each other, as frequently seen in Norman architecture. 1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 216/3 The interlacing sculpture met their eye in many of the churches and churchyards. |