stay-lace

See also: staylace

English

Noun

stay-lace (plural stay-laces)

1. Alternative form of staylace
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, section vi:

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace ?

Anagrams

• acylates, catalyse