lacet

English

Noun

lacet (plural lacets)

1. (archaic) A small lace.
   • 1868, Henry L. Hinton, Select Historical Costumes:

     […] the crimson velvet sleeve […] shows the shirt beneath, and is brought together by red lacets.

French

Etymology

From lacs +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.sɛ/

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Noun

lacet m (plural lacets)

1. lace (of boot, shoe)
2. knot on a rope, especially for trapping small animals
3. (figuratively) trap, ambush
4. bend, twist (of a road), a switchback
5. yaw (rotation about the vertical axis)
6. loop in homotopy theory

Related terms

• laçage
• lacer

Further reading

• “lacet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• celât
• éclat
• lacté
• tacle, taclé