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latchet

[ lach-it ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.


latchet

/ ˈlætʃɪt /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a shoe fastening, such as a thong or lace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of latchet1

1300–50; Middle English lachet < Middle French, dialectal variant of lacet. See lace, -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of latchet1

C14: from Old French lachet, from las lace
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Example Sentences

Bondad sua, seor, I'll be sworn there is not one fit to tie the latchet of your shoe in the whole army.

But Ivan had possessed himself of the key, and even as the hand of the first was on the latchet bar the bolt was shot in his face.

Who in all the sub-apostolic age was worthy even to untie the latchet of Peter, or John, or Paul?

A cobbler found fault with the shoe-latchet of one of Apelles' paintings, and the artist rectified the fault.

She fumbled with the latchet of the gate, against which she had been leaning, and hurriedly tried to raise it.

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