inlacing

/ɪnˈleɪsɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of inlace: the act of ornamenting by inserting or setting in a decorative material.
    • The artist is inlacing the frame with bits of abalone shell.
    • He spent the afternoon inlacing the guitar with mother-of-pearl dots.
    • They are inlacing the floor with geometric patterns of contrasting wood.
noun
  1. The process or result of decorating a surface by embedding materials into it.
    • The inlacing of the chessboard took several weeks to complete.
    • The inlacing on this vase is incredibly detailed.
    • She learned the art of inlacing from her grandfather.
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