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 ?