lacing vs rough-and-tumble

lacing

noun
  • A beating as punishment; a hiding. 

  • Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage. 

  • The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back. 

  • The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead. 

  • The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern. 

  • That with which something is laced. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

How often have the words lacing and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )