enlacement

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noun

The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.

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Meanings

nounenlacement (countable and uncountable, plural enlacements)

plural enlacements

  1. countableuncountableThe act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.

    Her throat was contracted, her breasts strove against the enlacement of her stays, she was about to weep.

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 181

Origin

From enlace + -ment, or from French?

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APA

enlacement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enlacement

MLA

“enlacement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enlacement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enlacement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enlacement.

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