interlace

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.tɚ.leɪs/, /ˌin.tɚˈleɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

interlace (uncountable)

1. (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art

   Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns

1. (electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

interlace (third-person singular simple present interlaces, present participle interlacing, simple past and past participle interlaced)

1. (transitive) To cross one with another; to interweave

   to interlace wires

2. to mingle; to blend.
3. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

   interlacing branches

• interlaced
• interlacement
• interlacing

• interlace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• lacertine, reclinate