latchet

American  

[lach-it] / ˈlætʃ ɪt /

noun

Archaic.

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

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latchet British  

/ ˈlætʃɪt /

noun

1. archaic a shoe fastening, such as a thong or lace

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Etymology

Origin of latchet

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

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Example Sentences

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latchet

And perhaps, if the deep truth of that symbolism strikes home, he will doff his hat in salutation to a man the latchet of whose shoes he is unworthy to unloose.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a trying time, but she safely passed through it, and quickly found herself at the little latchet gate below the bowling green.

From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday

There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

From Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark by

So let that door alone, nor lift the latchet; For if the bull gets out—why, then you'll catch it!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various

Probably this was the same kind of shoe that was worn in the days of John, when he said of our Lord, "Whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose."

From Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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